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namevoting

namevoting noun: voting for an entry in a demoscene competition because of its author or demogroup rather than its actual merits.

Noun

namevoting (uncountable)

  1. Voting for an entry in a demoscene competition because of its author or demogroup rather than its actual merits.
    • there is always namevoting at a party. just dont enter a compo if you don't like that.1999, eggbird, “However..”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet)
    • how bad is the rest of the releases from evoke2000 democompo, because the haujobb demo was the overall winner! or is this again a true example of namevoting? How could such a demo win a democompo?2000, Frans Bouma, “Whoa, the namevoters were busy this weekend!”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet)

Origin of namevoting

From name + voting.

Questions about namevoting

What does namevoting mean?
Namevoting means voting for an entry in a demoscene competition because of its author or demogroup rather than its actual merits.
What part of speech is namevoting?
Namevoting is a noun.

Words near namevoting in the dictionary

  1. nametape
  2. nametapes
  3. nameth
  4. namevoter
  5. namevoters
  6. namevoting
  7. namewise
  8. nameword
  9. namewords
  10. nameworthy
  11. NAMFREL

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