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Warez Kiddies N. Even More Derogatory Way Of Referring To Warez D00dz
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warez kiddies n.
Even more derogatory way of referring
to warez d00dz; refers to the fact that most warez d00dz are
around the age of puberty. Compare script kiddies.
Related:
warez d00dz /weirz doodz/ n. A substantial subculture of crackers refer to themselves as `warez d00dz'
here is evidently some connection with B1FF here....
warez /weirz/ n. Widely used in cracker subcultures to denote cracked version of commercial software, that is versions from which copy-protection has been stripped.
Hackers recognize this term but don't use it themselves. See warez d00dz....
elite adj. Clueful. Plugged-in. One of the cognoscenti.
Also used as a general positive adjective. This term is not actually hacker slang in the strict sense...
poser n. A wannabee; not hacker slang, but used among crackers, phreaks and warez d00dz.
Not as negative as lamer or leech. Probably derives from a similar usage among punk-rockers and metalheads, putting down those who "talk the talk but don't walk the walk"....
pr0n // [Usenet, IRC] Pornography. Originally this referred only to Internet porn but since then it has expanded to refer to just about anything.
The term comes from the warez kiddies tendency to replac on IRC someone mistyped, swapped the middle two letters, and the name stuck, then propagated over into mainstream hacker usage....
lamer n. [prob. originated in skateboarder slang] 1.
Synonym for luser, not used much by hackers but common among warez d00dz, crackers, and phreakers....
leech n. Among BBS types, crackers and warez d00dz, one who consumes knowledge without generating new software, cracks, or techniques.
BBS culture specifically defines a leech as someone who downloads files with few or no uploads in return, and who does not contribute to the message section....
k- pref. [rare] Extremely. Rare among hackers, but quite common among crackers and warez d00dz in compounds such as `k-kool' /K'kool'/, `k-rad' /K'rad'/, and `k-awesome' /K'aw`sm/.
Also used to intensify negatives; thus, `k-evil', `k-lame', `k-screwed', and `k-annoying'....
cracker n. One who breaks security on a system. Coined ca.
1985 by hackers in defense against journalistic misuse of hacker (q....