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desysop

/diːˈsɪsɔp/

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desysop verb: to revoke the sysop (administrator) privileges of.

Verb

desysop (third-person singular simple present desysops, present participle desysopping, simple past and past participle desysopped)

  1. (transitive, wiki jargon, chiefly Wikimedia jargon) To revoke the sysop (administrator) privileges of.
    • William M. Connolley desysopped2010 July 6, Eric Stevens (quoting Wikipedia Arbitration Committee), “Re: Wikipedia Accuracy”, in soc.history.ancient (Usenet)
    • i'll admit that i am flypaper for abusive admins. it's because i simply don't take shit from them. some of these abusive admins were eventually desysopped […]2010 December 6, robert bristow-johnson, “boy, is *this* OT. but i'm game. (was Re: Imbecility)”, in comp.dsp (Usenet)

Forms of desysop

third-person singular presentdesysops
present participledesysopping
past participledesysopped
pastdesysopped

Origin of desysop

From de- + sysop.

Questions about desysop

What does desysop mean?
Desysop means to revoke the sysop (administrator) privileges of.
What part of speech is desysop?
Desysop is a verb.
How do you pronounce desysop?
Desysop is pronounced /diːˈsɪsɔp/ (US).
What is the past tense of desysop?
The past tense of desysop is desysopped.

Words near desysop in the dictionary

  1. desyre
  2. desyred
  3. desyres
  4. desyring
  5. desyrous
  6. desysop
  7. desysopped
  8. desysopping
  9. desysops
  10. det
  11. Det Con

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