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ignorelist

ignorelist noun: a kill file.

Noun

ignorelist (plural ignorelists)

  1. (Internet, uncommon) A kill file.
    • Is there a way to ignore all queries send to you except specific userlevers or nicks/hostnames???? I could set *!*@*,private in my ignorelist but this will ignore everyone.... not exactly my intention1997 March 8, Dare, “queries”, in alt.irc.mirc (Usenet)
    • A tad more serious (but not much): I've read the comments to this
      >note, and I don't really have much to add but pointing out that if
      >Guyver had been only a personal problem to me, I'd set him on the huge
      >ugly ignorelist (which I for months actually did), but the fact that I
      >started to argue...1997 October 11, Matthew Milam, “A Matter of Grave Importance..”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet)

Examples of ignorelist in a sentence

  • when they come back on not on list put them on ignorelist1999 December 27, dee-dee, “contact list”, in alt.icq (Usenet):
  • I have Harry on my ignorelist, and I do not have a webpage with anything on it written by him.2002 December 12, Corax, “101 Rules of True Satanism”, in alt.satanism (Usenet):
  • We're partitioning MX hosts by network whitelists, blacklists, ignorelists.2003 March 21, Wietse Venema, “check_mx_access, was Re: wishlist”, in mailing.postfix.users (Usenet):

Forms of ignorelist

pluralignorelists

Origin of ignorelist

From ignore + list.

Questions about ignorelist

What does ignorelist mean?
Ignorelist means a kill file.
How do you use ignorelist in a sentence?
when they come back on not on list put them on ignorelist
What part of speech is ignorelist?
Ignorelist is a noun.
What is the plural of ignorelist?
The plural of ignorelist is ignorelists.

Words near ignorelist in the dictionary

  1. ignore list
  2. ignore lists
  3. ignored
  4. ignoree
  5. ignorees
  6. ignorelist
  7. ignorelists
  8. ignorement
  9. ignorer
  10. ignorers
  11. ignores

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