Related:

• offline adv. Not now or not here. "Let's take this discussion offline.
  Specifically used on Usenet to suggest that a discussion be moved off a public newsgroup to email....
• forum: n. [USENET, GEnie, CI$; pl. `fora' or `forums'] Any discussion group accessible through a dial-in {BBS}, a {mailing list}, or a {newsgroup} (see {network, the}).
  A forum functions much like a bulletin board; users submit {posting}s for all to read and discussion ensues....
• opic drift: n. Term used on GEnie, USENET and other electronic fora to describe the tendency of a {thread} to drift away from the original subject of discussion (and thu
  from the Subject header of the originating message), or the results of that tendency....
• upthread: adv. Earlier in the discussion (see {thread}), i.
  e., `above'. "As Joe pointed out upthread, ..." See also {followup}....
• USENET: /yoos'net/ or /yooz'net/ [from `Users' Network'] n.
  A distributed {bboard} (bulletin board) system supported mainly by UNIX machines....
• plonk: [USENET: possibly influenced by British slang `plonk' for cheap booze, or `plonker' for someone behaving stupidly] The sound a {newbie} makes as he falls to the bottom of a {kill file}.
  Used almost exclusively in the {newsgroup} talk....
• forum n. [Usenet, GEnie, CI$; pl. `fora' or `forums'] Any discussion group accessible through a dial-in BBS
  a mailing list, or a newsgroup (see postings for all to read and discussion ensues....
• YKYBHTLW: // Abbreviation of `You know you've been hacking too long when.
  ..', which became established on the USENET group alt....
• 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}....