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Re: Thank God for Lugnet
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Date: 
Fri, 4 Dec 1998 13:39:32 GMT
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But there is an entry for newsfroup...

Steve

Once upon a time, Larry Pieniazek <lpien@ctp.IWANTNOSPAM.com> wrote:

Jasper Janssen wrote:

Well, In any froup _I_'ve participasted in, over 100 (non-spam) msgs
means high-volume...

What is a froup? You have used that term a number of times now and I
have no idea what it means, except in context, as some sort of cute back
formation from newsgroup and something else, meaning just "newsgroup".

The Jargon File (1) is silent on this topic (2)

1 - http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/jargon_21.html#SEC28

2 - so therefore, by definition, it is not generally accepted(3) hacker
jargon. (4) Note that fnord is in there. (5)

3 - although it may be cute, or funny, or used in your tribe.

4 - say I, and I have been hacking since 1977 and using usenet since
1983.

5 - and I say "HI, Steve Jackson!". fnord.
--
Larry Pieniazek    http://my.voyager.net/lar
For me: No voyager e-mail please. All snail-mail to Ada, please.
- Posting Binaries to RTL causes flamage... Don't do it, please.
- Stick to the facts when posting about others, please.
- This is a family newsgroup, thanks.



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  Re: Thank God for Lugnet
 
(...) And so there is: (URL) wit: newsfroup // /n./ [Usenet] Silly synonym for newsgroup, originally a typo but now in regular use on Usenet's talk.bizarre and other lunatic-fringe groups. Compare hing, grilf, and filk. So I stand corrected, sort (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Re: Thank God for Lugnet
 
(...) What is a froup? You have used that term a number of times now and I have no idea what it means, except in context, as some sort of cute back formation from newsgroup and something else, meaning just "newsgroup". The Jargon File (1) is silent (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)

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