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    [IRC] v. To pull rank on somebody based on the amount of time one has spent on {IRC}. The term derives from the fact ... VIEW ENTIRE DEFINITION


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    fool file, the

    [USENET] n. A notional repository of all the most dramatically and abysmally stupid utterances ever. There is a subgenre of sig blocks that consists of the header "From the fool file" followed by some quote the poster wishes to represent as an immortal gem of dimwittery; for this to be really effective, the quote has to be so obviously wrong as to be laughable. More than one USENETter has achieved an unwanted notoriety by being quoted in this way.