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The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles !
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Present: !
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Modem Sniglets Volume #1 !
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(Words that should be in the !
dictionary and aren't) !
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Written by: Raphael -Ninja Turtle
Proofread By: Leonardo -Ninja Turtle
SNIGLETS
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METAMORPHOMORON: Anyone who keeps
changing handles because he always
gives each one a bad reputation (Right,
James Bond? (Blast from the past.))
DIXI-SPIN: A cursor that spins:
""\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/"
QUASI-MODEM: A brilliant modemer who
knows something that he shouldn't and
if asked will just say:"I had a hunch."
EX:
SYSOP:"How did you get my real name?"
QUASI-MODEM:"I had a hunch"
300-BAUDUM: The tired feeling you get
when you wait for files to transfer at
300 baud (Pronounced baud-um)
SPELLOMATIC USER: Any user who spells
for fun and profit. Often enjoys
correcting other users and sysops
SISOP: A sysop who, at the first
threat from a 13 year old brat, will
close his bbs down... A.K.A. "SYSI-OP"
SIGH-SOP: Any moron who pronounces
sysop with a long-I.
WESTERN UNION: Any bbs full of non
posters who log on to send mail to
other non-posters.
IDIOT-BOX POX: The disease that causes
one to hang up without leaving a
message on an answering machine
NOCTERMINAL: Somone who calls bbs's at
around 3am
AETER: Somone who calls AE's and only
leaches
BLEACH-LEECH: Somone who is pale,
calls himself a larch, and calls bbs's
GI JOKER: Some respectable modemer
who makes everyone believe that he is
not into watching kid-cartoons and
does.
GI JERK: A 13-year old brat who
watches kid-cartoons and admits it
Parity Parody Party: A bbs party at
which no one shows.
KRAP-HEAD: Someone who forgot that
the letter C exists:
"K-KOOL", "KORNY", ETC...
PHOOL: Somone who realizes that using
ph where a f should go, and vice-versa,
is 'neat'. in all actuality, it is
real old-hat, and should not be done
TERMVESTITE: Any male masquerading as a
female user on bbs's
BOZO DELUXE: Any user who incorrectly
speculates about the identity of
another or who calls himself:
"THE THIEF."
DUNGEONS AND DAMN-IT!: A person who
only posts things about adventure
gaming
NONPOSTUS FREELODUS: The genus and
species of people who log on, newscan,
send mail, and leave.
JOKE: Any bbs that has been up for
longer than a month, has less than
50 users, is run off one drive, and
has a sysop under age 15.
WASTE OF A DIME: Calling bbs's 100
times a day to see how many new
messages have been posted.
SYSTOP: A system operator that doesn't
allow anything fun: cursing, etc...
BAG IT: What you tell someone to do if
he asks you to download a 12 side
program.
BBSAE: A BBSAE is a bbs run by a fellow
who doesn't realize that people are
not gonna use the bbs part. they all
want to use the ae, so he is
accomplishing the same as an AE
operator, only he is doing it with
more effort.