froggery

froggery noun: a place or enclosure where frogs are kept, and often bred.

Noun (1)

froggery (plural froggeries)

froggery (countable and uncountable, plural froggeries)

(Internet) An act of impersonating another user of a newsgroup by crafting the address or sig of a post to be visually similar to that of their victim, as a form of trolling or for the purpose of harming their online reputation.
- [A FROOD WHO SURE KNOWS WHERE HIS TOWEL IS:] >Well, since I don't actually receive Alt.forgery, and I saw some forged headers here... ¶ Just need help getting rid of the from places (and my user name). ¶ This is a VAX I'm on. ¶ T.
  Careful, it is currently easy to recognize a froggery.1992 April 17, Gerald Oskoboiny, “need help w this heading”, in talk.bizarre (Usenet)
- Some will allow exactly what Alternative Maxwell is doing ( like altopia) others will only allow froggery if it's obvious, i.e. the frogger can use the name maxwell but if the associated addie was Max...@i.am.a.dumb.fjuk.com, you couldn't use, for instance, Max...@i.am.a.dumb.fjuk.con or something...2008 May 24, Bertie the Bunyip, “Re: Another forged post”, in news.groups (Usenet)

plural	froggeries
alternative form	frogery

From frog + -ery.

Deliberate misspelling of forgery.

What does froggery mean?: Froggery means a place or enclosure where frogs are kept, and often bred.
What part of speech is froggery?: Froggery is a noun.
What is the plural of froggery?: The plural of froggery is froggeries.

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