BOFH
FICTIONAL CHARACTER CREATED BY SIMON TRAVAGLIA. A ROGUE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR WHO TAKES OUT HIS ANGER ON USERS
PFY; Simon Travaglia; Bastard operator from hell; Pimply faced youth; Pimply-Faced Youth; Pimply-faced youth; Simon Paul Travaglia; Non ex transverso sed deorsum; Bofh; EtherKiller; BOFH; Mandelboozer; Bastard Operator from Hell; Reggie Moore's Inverse Square Law of IT Satisfaction; BofH; BOfH; Pimplyfaced youth
Bastard Operator From Hell.
This term is an older internet favorite, from the long running series of humor articles credited to and copyrighted by Simon Travaglia.
The first known BOFH post appears in the google usenet archive and is dated June 1992 and can be seen here.
Basically, a computer support person with no desire to actually help users, but simply to make his own existence as easy as possible.
For current articles, see The Register.
User: I need some more free space in my home directory.
BOFH: (deletes existing files) Allrighty. Just freed up some room for you.
User: Ok, goodbye. Hey, where are my old files?