finn: [IRC] v. To pull rank on somebody based on the amount of time one has spent on {IRC}.

:finn: [IRC] v. To pull rank on somebody based on the amount of
time one has spent on {IRC}. The term derives from the fact
that IRC was originally written in Finland in 1987.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary

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