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• upthread adv. Earlier in the discussion (see thread), i.
  e., `above'. "As Joe pointed out upthread, ..." See also followup....
• upthread: adv. Earlier in the discussion (see {thread}), i.
  e., `above'. "As Joe pointed out upthread, ..." See also {followup}....
• include war n. Excessive multi-leveled inclusion within a discussion thread, a practice that tends to annoy readers.
  In a forum with high-traffic newsgroups, such as Usenet, this can lead to flames and the urge to start a kill file....
• include war: n. Excessive multi-leveled including within a discussion {thread}, a practice that tends to annoy readers.
  In a forum with high-traffic newsgroups, such as USENET, this can lead to {flame}s and the urge to start a {kill file}....
• Godwin's Law prov. [Usenet] "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.
  There is a tradition in many groups that, once this occurs, that thread is over, and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever argument was in progress....
• 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....
• Night of the Living Thread!
• Stop while you're a Thread......
• fairings n. /fer'ingz/ [FreeBSD; orig. a typo for `fairness'] A term thrown out in discussion whenever a completely and transparently nonsensical argument in one's favor(?
  ) seems called for, e,g. at the end of a really long thread for which the outcome is no longer even cared about since everyone is now so sick of i...