Literary notes about eff (AI summary)
The word "eff" plays a multifaceted role in literature, appearing both as an ordinary name and as a symbolic or abbreviated term. In certain passages it serves as a personal name—a character called Eff is portrayed as a playful child [1] or as a singer with a distinctive presence [2, 3]—while in others it functions as a shorthand for “effect” or is embedded in technical and classical expressions, drawing on Latin roots to denote causality or specific functions [4, 5, 6]. Moreover, "EFF" emerges as an acronym representing modern institutions like the Electronic Frontier Foundation, thereby linking the term to contemporary themes of technology, advocacy, and digital rights [7, 8, 9, 10, 11]. This range of uses underscores the term’s versatility and enriches its literary and cultural significance.
- Twas as dull as ditch-water, till the child Eff, by a good chance, spoke of fishing.
— from Sir Quixote of the MoorsBeing some account of an episode in the life of the Sieur de Rohaine by John Buchan - Eff sang the tune in her clear, low voice.
— from Sir Quixote of the MoorsBeing some account of an episode in the life of the Sieur de Rohaine by John Buchan - Then she stopped exhausted, smiled on Eff, who sat like a cinder-witch all the while, and smoothed the hair from her brow.
— from Sir Quixote of the MoorsBeing some account of an episode in the life of the Sieur de Rohaine by John Buchan - Mandár' ad effẻtt o , to bring to passe, or effect.
— from Queen Anna's New World of Words; or, Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues by John Florio - Effúndere, fúnd o , fúsi, fús o , to scatter, to poure out, to waste riotously, to shed blood, to melt or cast as metals.
— from Queen Anna's New World of Words; or, Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues by John Florio - Effẻruere, fẻru o , feruéi, feruút o , to chafe, to rage, to be furious or moody.
— from Queen Anna's New World of Words; or, Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues by John Florio - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (www.eff.org) is a charitable membership organization with a student rate.
— from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow - EFF would like to thank author Adam Gaffin for doing a terrific job of explaining the Net in such a nonthreatening way.
— from Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation - We invite you to join with EFF in our fight to ensure that equal access to the networks and free speech are protected in newly emerging technologies.
— from Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation - If you've ever bought something on the Internet, or sent a secret message, or checked your bank-balance, you used crypto that EFF legalized.
— from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow - Then one of EFF's millionaire co-founders built a $250,000 DES-56 cracker that could break the cipher in two hours.
— from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow