newting

Verb

newt (third-person singular simple present newts, present participle newting, simple past and past participle newted)

1. (transitive) To turn (someone) into a newt, especially by magic.
   • If you moved first and newted someone , you were a murderer.2012, Jasper Fforde, The Last Dragonslayer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 109
2. (broadly, informal, transitive) To (usually temporarily) expel a user from a MUD or similar system
   • So instead Sredna [presumably an abbreviation of "Nosredna", one of the LambdaMOO wizards] newted Finn. She newted him, and though she did not specify the length of time for which he was to remain newted, it seemed clear enough that forever would be just fine with the wizards.1998, Julian Dibbell, My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World, Julian Dibbell, →ISBN, page 222

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