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sci.langer

sci.langer noun: a participant in the Usenet newsgroup sci.lang.

Noun

sci.langer (plural sci.langers)

  1. (Internet) A participant in the Usenet newsgroup sci.lang.
    • Not everyone here is a veteran sci.langer; certain topics will resurface again and again at the instigation of newbies (or even old timers). Believe me, I feel the pain of those self same veterans who must compell themselves to slog through yet another long thread on Esperanto or protoGreek or...1999 February 4, Padraic Brown, “Criticisms of Esperanto in sci.lang”, in sci.lang (Usenet), retrieved 28 Apr 2022
    • Javi is a sci.langer; I don't recognize the other name, sorry.
      You've commented on the Jerry subthread?2004 January 22, Peter T. Daniels, “raisin secs”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet), retrieved 28 Apr 2022

Examples of sci.langer in a sentence

  • Not everyone here is a veteran sci.langer; certain topics will resurface again and again at the instigation of newbies (or even old timers).1999 February 4, Padraic Brown, “Criticisms of Esperanto in sci.lang”, in sci.lang (Usenet), retrieved 28 Apr 2022:
  • Yusuf is basically a sci.langer, but he comes here from time to time.)2013 April 1, Athel Cornish-Bowden, “The Quran...A Book You Can Believe In”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet), retrieved 28 Apr 2022:

Forms of sci.langer

pluralsci.langers

Origin of sci.langer

From sci.lang + -er.

Questions about sci.langer

What does sci.langer mean?
Sci.langer means a participant in the Usenet newsgroup sci.lang.
How do you use sci.langer in a sentence?
Not everyone here is a veteran sci.langer; certain topics will resurface again and again at the instigation of newbies (or even old timers).
What part of speech is sci.langer?
Sci.langer is a noun.
What is the plural of sci.langer?
The plural of sci.langer is sci.langers.

Words near sci.langer in the dictionary

  1. sci-fix
  2. sci-tech
  3. sci.
  4. sci.chemist
  5. sci.chemists
  6. sci.langer
  7. sci.langers
  8. sci.physicist
  9. sci.physicists
  10. sci.skeptic
  11. sci.skeptics

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