Similarly to nick completion, people often configure their irc clients to automatically complete often used phrases, for example 'g' to tab complete to GETFUCKED.
However, GETFUCKED is not considered the most polite thing to say in everyday conversation, so it evolved to g<tab>
However, GETFUCKED is not considered the most polite thing to say in everyday conversation, so it evolved to g<tab>
by mjollnir March 10, 2008