09 Jun 1999
Our latest batch of AOL free disk passwords included two nominations bearing unfortunate phrases containing the word 'spunk'.
According to Martin Watkins, this 'word' is defined by Chambers as 'a spark: a spirited, small or weak, person,' although it can also have more colloquial meanings.
Many of you have taken to sending your AOL disks to us, which is pleasing, because we were down to our last couple of hundred. This week's best: Jonathan Clough installed AOL for someone he claims was 'probably pushing 20 stone'. The password: AVOIDS+DIET.
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