Etiquette

PFY

PFY

[Usenet; common, originally from the {BOFH} mythos] Abbreviation for Pimply-Faced Youth. A {BOFH} in training, esp. one apprenticed to an elder BOFH aged in evil.

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# 5/19/2009 08:31:00 PM, Comentários, Links para esta postagem,

OP

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OP

[Usenet; common] Abbreviation for "original poster", the originator of a particular thread.

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# 5/07/2009 09:31:00 AM, Comentários, Links para esta postagem,

nastygram

nastygram

1. A protocol packet or item of email (the latter is also called a {letterbomb}) that takes advantage of misfeatures or security holes on the target system to do untoward things.
2. Disapproving mail, esp. from a {net.god}, pursuant to a violation of {netiquette} or a complaint about failure to correct some mail- or news-transmission problem. Compare {shitogram}, mailbomb.
3. A status report from an unhappy, and probably picky, customer. "What'd Corporate say in today's nastygram?"
4. [deprecated] An error reply by mail from a {daemon}; in particular, a {bounce message}.

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# 4/01/2009 08:31:00 PM, Comentários, Links para esta postagem,

include

include

[Usenet]

1. To duplicate a portion (or whole) of another's message (typically with attribution to the source) in a reply or followup, for clarifying the context of one's response. See the discussion of inclusion styles under Hacker Writing Style.
2. [from {C}] #include has appeared in {sig block}s to refer to a notional standard {disclaimer} file.

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# 2/19/2009 03:31:00 PM, Comentários, Links para esta postagem,