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warlording

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
war-lord-ing
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of denouncing, dissecting or mocking bloated signature blocks in Usenet postings.

Uncountable

Etymology

From warlord + -ing. Named after the Usenet group alt.fan.warlord which was established as a forum for warlording, itself named after the Usenet user with the handle "Death Star, War Lord of the West" who became infamous in parts of Usenet for having a particularly bloated signature block.

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Questions

What does warlording mean?
The act of denouncing, dissecting or mocking bloated signature blocks in Usenet postings.
Where does warlording come from?
From warlord + -ing. Named after the Usenet group alt.fan.warlord which was established as a forum for warlording, itself named after the Usenet user with the handle "Death Star, War Lord of the West" who became infamous in parts of Usenet for having a particularly bloated signature block.

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