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SPNAK

SPNAK noun: on Usenet, a situation where one of the participants in a dispute (especially a flame war) claims victory after the other party appears to stop engaging due to a perceived inability to present new arguments.

Noun

SPNAK (countable and uncountable, plural SPNAKs)

  1. (Internet) On Usenet, a situation where one of the participants in a dispute (especially a flame war) claims victory after the other party appears to stop engaging due to a perceived inability to present new arguments.
    • to declare (a) SPNAK; to claim (a) SPNAK
    • Let's make it 10pm, I've sort of already designated that time frame (from 10 to 12) as kook parade time. Better be there Slutfucker, or I'll claim SPNAK on yer dumb ass...again.2000 December 17, anonymous author, “Re: SLUTFUCKER FAILS TO SHOW”, in alt.flamenet (Usenet)

Interjection

SPNAK

  1. (Internet) Used to declare SPNAK on someone.
    • Neidork is convinced that I've fucked up several times in this flamewar (i.e. his 'chickens are asexual' posts). I challenged him to compile a list of my posts in which I've fucked up as badly as him, or even at all. Three times, I put forth the challenge, and three times he ignored it. ¶ Guess...1999 August 19, £unar §aber™, “I hereby declare SPNAK on Technocunter Neidork”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (Usenet)

Verb

SPNAK (third-person singular simple present SPNAKs, present participle SPNAKing, simple past and past participle SPNAKed or SPNAK'ed or SPNAK'd)

  1. (Internet, transitive) To declare SPNAK on (someone).
    • This is Usenet, you may do whatever the fuck you want as long as it isn't illegal, spamming, trolling, or violating your ISP's TOS. One must be prepared to defend him himself or be "SPNAK-ed" from the group.1999 December 1, The Mak, “Re: Playstation VS. Nintendo64”, in alt.games.video.nintendo-64 (Usenet)

Forms of SPNAK

Noun
pluralSPNAKs
Verb
third-person singular presentSPNAKs
present participleSPNAKing
past participleSPNAKed
pastSPNAKed
past participleSPNAK'ed
pastSPNAK'ed
past participleSPNAK'd
pastSPNAK'd

Origin of SPNAK

Deliberate misspelling of spank.

Questions about SPNAK

What does SPNAK mean?
SPNAK means on Usenet, a situation where one of the participants in a dispute (especially a flame war) claims victory after the other party appears to stop engaging due to a perceived inability to present new arguments.
What part of speech is SPNAK?
SPNAK can be a noun, an interjection or a verb.
What is the plural of SPNAK?
The plural of SPNAK is SPNAKs.

Words near SPNAK in the dictionary

  1. SPMs
  2. SPMSM
  3. SPMT
  4. SPMTs
  5. spn
  6. SPNAK
  7. SPNEGO
  8. spns
  9. SPO
  10. SpO2
  11. SpO2/FiO2

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