snarf

snarf /snarf/ vt.  1. To grab, esp. to grab a large
   document or file for the purpose of using it with or without the
   author's permission.  See also {BLT}.  2. [in the UNIX
   community] To fetch a file or set of files across a network.  See
   also {blast}.  This term was mainstream in the late 1960s,
   meaning `to eat piggishly'.  It may still have this connotation in
   context.  "He's in the snarfing phase of hacking -- {FTP}ing
   megs of stuff a day."  3. To acquire, with little concern for
   legal forms or politesse (but not quite by stealing).  "They
   were giving away samples, so I snarfed a bunch of them."
   4. Syn. for {slurp}.  "This program starts by snarfing the
   entire database into core, then...." 5. [GEnie] To spray
   food or {programming fluid}s due to laughing at the wrong
   moment.  "I was drinking coffee, and when I read your post I
   snarfed all over my desk."  "If I keep reading this topic, I
   think I'll have to snarf-proof my computer with a keyboard
   {condom}."  [This sense appears to be widespread among mundane
   teenagers -- ESR]