Origin of LINT?

[Dan Mahoney, System Admin]

I know it's probably off-topic, but I've searched google for a bit with no 
results, and because I'm curious:

Does anyone (maybe one of the old guard) know the origin of the term 
"lint" for the all-inclusive feature set.  I know SpamAssassin uses it as 
well (it's the command line argument to just regression-test everything).

Merely curious,

Dan Mahoney

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