Shub-Internet

Shub-Internet: /shuhb in't*r-net/ n.  [MUD from
   H. P. Lovecraft's evil fictional deity `Shub-Niggurath', the
   Black Goat with a Thousand Young] The harsh personification of the
   Internet, Beast of a Thousand Processes, Eater of Characters,
   Avatar of Line Noise, and Imp of Call Waiting; the hideous
   multi-tendriled entity formed of all the manifold connections of
   the net.  A sect of MUDders worships Shub-Internet, sacrificing
   objects and praying for good connections.  To no avail -- its
   purpose is malign and evil, and is the cause of all network
   slowdown.  Often heard as in "Freela casts a tac nuke at
   Shub-Internet for slowing her down."  (A forged response often
   follows along the lines of: "Shub-Internet gulps down the tac nuke
   and burps happily.")  Also cursed by users of {FTP} and
   {TELNET} when the system slows down.  The dread name of
   Shub-Internet is seldom spoken aloud, as it is said that repeating
   it three times will cause the being to wake, deep within its lair
   beneath the Pentagon.