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• ewsfroup // n. [Usenet] Silly synonym for newsgroup, originally a typo but now in regular use on Usenet's talk.
  bizarre, and other lunatic-fringe groups. Compare hing, grilf, pr0n and fi...
• ewsfroup: // [USENET] n. Silly synonym for {newsgroup}, originally a typo but now in regular use on USENET's talk.
  bizarre and other lunatic-fringe groups. Compare {hing}, {grilf}, and {filk}....
• hing // n. [IRC] Fortuitous typo for `hint', now in wide intentional use among players of initgame.
  Compare newsfroup, filk....
• hing: // [IRC] n. Fortuitous typo for `hint', now in wide intentional use among players of {initgame}.
  Compare {newsfroup}, {filk}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• filk /filk/ n.,v. [from SF fandom, where a typo for `folk' was adopted as a new word] A popular or folk song with lyrics revised or completely new lyrics and/or music
  intended for humorous effect when read, and/or to be sung late at night at SF conventions....
• 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....
• cow orker n. [Usenet] n. fortuitous typo for co-worker, widely used in Usenet, with perhaps a hint that orking cows is illegal.
  This term was popularized by Scott Adams (the creator of Dilbert) but seems to have originated earlier in a 1997 scary devil monastery FAQ....
• Great Worm n. The 1988 Internet worm perpetrated by RTM.
  This is a play on Tolkien (compare elvish, elder days)....
• grilf // n. Girlfriend. Like newsfroup and filk, a typo reincarnated as a new word.
  Seems to have originated sometime in 1992 on Usenet....