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Wink: /twink/ [UCSC] N. Equivalent To {read-only User}.
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:twink: /twink/ [UCSC] n. Equivalent to {read-only user}.
Also reported on the USENET group soc.motss; may derive from
gay slang for a cute young thing with nothing upstairs (compare
mainstream `chick').
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
wink /twink/ n. 1. [Berkeley] A clue-repellant use
the next step beyond a clueless one. 2. [UCSC] A read-only user....
ourist: [ITS] n. A guest on the system, especially one who generally logs in over a network from a remote location for {comm mode}, email, games, and other trivial purposes.
One step below {luser}. Hackers often spell this {turist}, perhaps by some sort of tenuous analogy with {luser} (this also expresses the ITS culture's penchant for six-letterisms)....
MOTSS: /mots/ or /M-O-T-S-S/ [from the 1970 U.S. census forms via USENET] n.
Member Of The Same Sex, esp. one considered as a possible sexual partner....
ead-only user: n. Describes a {luser} who uses computers almost exclusively for reading USENET, bulletin boards, and/or email, rather than writing code or purveying useful information.
See {twink}, {terminal junkie}, {lurker}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
wonkie: /twon'kee/ n. The software equivalent of a Twinkie (a variety of sugar-loaded junk food, or (in gay slang) the male equivalent of `chick')
a useless `feature' added to look sexy and placate a {marketroid} (compare {Saturday-night special})....
erminal junkie: [UK] n. A {wannabee} or early {larval stage} hacker who spends most of his or her time wandering the directory tree and writing {noddy} programs just to get a fix of computer time.
Variants include `terminal jockey', `console junkie', and {console jockey}....
ead-only user n. Describes a luser who uses computers almost exclusively for reading Usenet, bulletin boards, and/or email, rather than writing code or purveying useful information.
See twink, terminal junkie, lurke...
MOTSS /mots/ or /M-O-T-S-S/ n. [from the 1970 U.
S. census forms via Usenet] Member Of The Same Sex, esp....
wonkie /twon'kee/ n. The software equivalent of a Twinkie (a variety of sugar-loaded junk food, or (in gay slang with a small t) the male equivalent of `chick')
a useless `feature' added to look sexy and placate a marketroid (compare Saturday-night special)....