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Re: Where the word SNETTER really comes from!

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From: DKBLLYNOSE SNET PUS AsS -GoD
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 00:00
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Errrr no,

Snetter Comes from the Place name Pensnett.


TankSlappa[TiT] <Tanks...@here.com> wrote in message
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> The Wandy has spoken... So here is his definition of Snetter....
>
> Snetter the noun is an article copied from one group to another,
> usually where the recipient group has either (a) already seen it or
> (b) aren't interested anyway. A snetterton is someone who posts
> snetters. Snetter the verb is the act of doing it.
>
> I got accused of being a snetterton myself some while time back when
> news servers were public and free and I was new to all this. This was
> about 1990, before some of the TFC regulars could shit unaided. In
> short it's one of those esoteric hacker terms used by dial-up newbies
> to make them look |<3wl.
>
> -- The name is Slappa, TankSlappa
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Subject: Re: Where the word SNETTER really comes from!
Date: 2000/04/14
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