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Usenetese

Usenetese noun: the type of language used on Usenet.

Noun

Usenetese (uncountable)

  1. (Internet, uncommon) The type of language used on Usenet.
    • Retreived^([sic]) from an ancient document, translated to usenetese:
      >Don't get your hopes up. After scores of years there are no known holes
      >in Kpelerian dynamics... it's always agreed with planetary observations.1992 June 2, Wayne Throop, “Hypothesis: I am a Transducer (Formerly "Virtual Grounding")”, in comp.ai.philosophy (Usenet)
    • "Nazi" is usenetese for "Him who agrees not with my rantings".1994 February 24, John William Chambless, “Douggie's irrelevant idiocies”, in alt.religion.kibology (Usenet)

Examples of Usenetese in a sentence

  • The best authority on what is or is not correct Usenetese grammar, in the absence of any scholarly study of it, would be a consensus of Usenetters.1999 July 31, Matthew Skala, “Is it wrong for family to make me feel like I want to die?”, in alt.kids-talk (Usenet):
  • Oh, but then, not having read the netiquette documents, you probably don't even know that all caps is Usenetese for shouting rudely, do you?1999 November 23, Kent Paul Dolan, “2 year presidential term??”, in az.politics (Usenet):
  • Of those ISPs who carry the binaries groups, a lot of them have relatively short "expire" times [Usenetese for the amount of time a post will remain on a given news server] of 12 hours to 48 hours.2002 May 25, Ogden Johnson III, “BBC Radio Version of the Foundation Trilogy”, in alt.books.isaac-asimov (Usenet):

Origin of Usenetese

From Usenet + -ese.

Questions about Usenetese

What does Usenetese mean?
Usenetese means the type of language used on Usenet.
How do you use Usenetese in a sentence?
The best authority on what is or is not correct Usenetese grammar, in the absence of any scholarly study of it, would be a consensus of Usenetters.
What part of speech is Usenetese?
Usenetese is a noun.

Words near Usenetese in the dictionary

  1. Usenetard
  2. Usenetards
  3. Usenetdom
  4. Useneter
  5. Useneters
  6. Usenetese
  7. Usenetian
  8. Usenetians
  9. Usenetiquette
  10. Usenetism
  11. Usenetisms

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