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> Also, what's "Oregano" in this context? Seems out of place if it's just the herb/spice.

This is answered in the second paragraph of the linked post...

  > The oregano is reputedly referring to an incident in which one of the
  > original folks involved with BSD was hassled for coming across the
  > Canadian/U.S. border with a bag of what was assumed to be an illegal
  > substance, and turned out to be oregano.



Right, I missed it, somewhat like you missed the peer comment that already pointed that out to me.




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