Murf /smerf/ N.
[from The Soc.motss Newsgroup On
Usenet, After Some Obnoxiously Gooey Cartoon Characters] A
Newsgroup Regular With A Habitual Style That Is Irreverent, Silly,
And Cute.
[from the soc.motss newsgroup on
Usenet, after some obnoxiously gooey cartoon characters] A
newsgroup regular with a habitual style that is irreverent, silly,
and cute. Like many other hackish terms for people, this one
may be praise or insult depending on who uses it. In general,
being referred to as a smurf is probably not going to make your day
unless you've previously adopted the label yourself in a spirit of
irony. Compare old fart.
bboard /bee'bord/ n.
[contraction of `bulletin board']
1. Any electronic bulletin board; esp. used of BBS systems
running on personal micros, less frequently of a Usenet
newsgroup (in fact, use of this term for a newsgroup generally
marks one either as a newbie fresh in from the BBS world or as
a real old-timer predating Usenet)....
bboard: /bee'bord/ [contraction of `bulletin board'] n.
1. Any electronic bulletin board; esp. used of {BBS} systems
running on personal micros, less frequently of a USENET
{newsgroup} (in fact, use of this term for a newsgroup generally
marks one either as a {newbie} fresh in from the BBS world or as
a real old-timer predating USENET)....
