Meaning of Usenetese | Babel Free

Definitions

The type of language used on Usenet.

Internet, uncommon, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

“"Nazi" is usenetese for "Him who agrees not with my rantings".”

“So it may not be completely appropriate to try to apply the rules of other written English to Usenet communication. 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.”

“You wouldn't shout so in defending them if you believed that. 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?”

“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.”

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