Meanings
- InternetCoffee through nose to keyboard: suggesting that the user is laughing hard while reading a posted message.
C|N>K Ahh, that was funny. Do you mind if I quote you there Abby?
1996 February 12, Jared Buntain, “Question for the ladies”, in alt.sysadmin.recovery (Usenet)2 more examples
You owe me a new keyboard. Mine's now full of coffee ;-) (Or in shell script speak: C|N>K)
2001 May 16, Dylan Smith, “Dropping objects from aircraft”, in rec.aviation.student (Usenet)*spew* DAMMIT! I know better. This is my *third* C|N>K moment here. I suppose I should be grateful the coffee was only luke warm.
2002 January 16, Andrew Vendryes, “Happy New Year, folks!”, in alt.sysadmin.recovery (Usenet)
Origin
Using the piping and redirection operators from the Unix command line.
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C`vert`N`gt`K. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/C%60vert%60N%60gt%60K
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