hackergotchi
n.— «Here is my hackergotchi.» —“Yet Another Head Shot” by Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho (Finland) May 13, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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