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acrostic-gen

Script to generate random acrostic gibberish.

The distribution zip file includes two wordlists; an english dictionary derived from Debian Jessie's wamerican package, and a list of business-oriented buzzwords and phrases.

Example

$ acrostic-gen.php $(cat words-ame-filtered | shuf -n1) words-ame-filtered

          cAppuccinos
          tUcuman
       denoTe
         beHring
      insurEr
     caddyiNg
       demeTrius
     objectIvely
      proseCution
        tenAcious
promiscuousLy
    tranquiLlity
         noYce

TODO

  • Bias random word selection to favour what would more centrally-align the text
  • Option to left- or right-align generated text
  • Colourize text output if terminal is detected
  • Create fancy motivational jpeg image
  • Become millionaire via selling email subscriptions

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