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Cypherpunks, Sameer make the Oxford English Dictionary

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cypherpunk, n.

Computing slang.

A person who uses encryption when sending emails in order to ensure privacy, esp. from government authorities.

For the full text, see his post, The OED [link to http://www.creativedestruction.com/archives/000644.html no longer works]. Me, I’m disappointed that they didn’t quote the Forbes article.