Blink Vi.,n.
[now Rare] To Use A Navigator Or Off-line Message
Reader To Minimize Time Spent On-line To A Commercial Network
Service (a Necessity In Many Places Outside The U.
[now rare] To use a navigator or off-line message
reader to minimize time spent on-line to a commercial network
service (a necessity in many places outside the U.S. where the
telecoms monopolies charge per-minute for local calls). As of late
1994, this term was said to be in wide use in the UK, but is rare
or unknown in the US. In early 2000 it was reported that the
term had apparently passed out of use in the U.K.
un lounge n.
[UK] The room where all the Sun workstations live.
The humor in this term comes from the fact that it's also in
mainstream use to describe a solarium, and all those Sun
workstations clustered together give off an amazing amount of heat....
