golden moments

An absolutely great or perfect instance.

The award speech was his golden moment.

by Trafton September 26, 2003

<3

A heart symbol. Oftentimes used with an object within it, such as <icecream3, meaning that the person loves ice cream. Alternative use: <3 icecream, icecream <3

pants <3

by Trafton August 02, 2003

AutoVoice

A bot in the word#jj2/word chat room on wordQuakeNet/word often praised semi-jokingly as a God. It is based on wordYBBot/word. Voicing, games, and other miscelleana are its capabilities.

Not applicable.

by Trafton September 12, 2003

notwork

A network that is often down or unreliable; syn. wordnetbreak/word.

My network is down so often it is a netbreak.

by Trafton September 14, 2003

shup

Short for "shut up", often used in a joking manner. Often used completely capitalized.

He asked me to SHUP when I was spamming.

by Trafton March 09, 2003

fraajt

Frog in Flycreekian. See wordfrog/word.

Fraajt.

by Trafton September 13, 2003

slashdot

One of the earliest and arguably most successful examples of Internet democracy. The self-proclaimed "news for geeks" site (this can have a bad connotation for some, and a good one for others) features news that may have interest to Internet junkies. Unlike the dictatorship-like models that most web sites use, Slashdot is a functional democracy. The officials post news, and it is commented upon by users. However, some also believe that this use of democracy is also a bad thing. Slashdot is somewhat famous for its irrelevant and highly opinionated comments from members. Oftentimes, the information presented by said members is inaccurate and based on incorrect understanding. This has led to heated discussions as to whether or not Slashdot, is in fact, a viable democracy; however, thus far, it appears that the answer is for the most part "yes". It does, in fact, function as a democracy, as flame-ridden and questionable as its comments may be. Those who expect a site lacking boilerplate may be disappointed, but so far, no other Internet democracy has been as successfully active as Slashdot. While mumblings about more sites fashioned off it have been heard, most of such sites fail because they do not realize that democracy does not necessarily mean quality. It is a lesson that Slashdot teaches, however revolutionary it may be.

"Slashdot is a good example of Internet democracy and democracy in general. It reminds people that democracy is a lot more difficult than it may sound." -The Unwritten Book of Internetisms, 2001

by Trafton October 25, 2003