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1 definition found From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]: wall interj. [WPI] 1. An indication of confusion, usually spoken with a quizzical tone: ? Wall??? 2. A request for further explication. Compare octal forty. 3. [Unix, from ?write all?] v. To send a message to everyone currently logged in, esp. with the wall(8) utility. It is said that sense 1 came from the idiom ?like talking to a blank wall?. It was originally used in situations where, after you had carefully answered a question, the questioner stared at you blankly, clearly having understood nothing that was explained. You would then throw out a ?Hello, wall?? to elicit some sort of response from the questioner. Later, confused questioners began voicing ?Wall?? themselves.