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skidiot n. an unsophisticated or unskilled self-styled black-hat hacker or cracker who uses computer- and network-intrusion software made by others; a script kiddie. Also skiddiot. Etymological Note: script kiddie + idiot (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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