A person suffering from type of mania caused by an irrational obsession with Google PageRank, often expressed by increased talkativeness and a fixation on the green slider bar within the Google toolbar. The severity of PageWank becomes more prenounced as PageRank decreases. Sufferers (PageWankers) with a high PageRank 8-10 often show symtoms of euphoria (excessive happiness) and increased sex drive. As PageRank decreases sufferers may experience mood swings, irritability, anger, and increasing hostility towards the internet finally leading to depression and uncontrollable crying as PageRank reaches 0.
A telemark skier who makes parallel turns without dropping a knee. A paramarker usually skis in the back seat on ultra fat skis with super stiffyboots and bindings.
Why is that guy skiing in the back seat? He has tele gear but he's making parallel turns. Oh wait, he's a paramarker.
n. software that is no longer sold or supported by the original publisher / developer, often found as free downloads on the internet because it cannot be obtained elsewhere. Not legal, but often seen as morally acceptable because the company that made it is no longer selling the title, nor releasing it as freeware, therefore abandonware is "keeping the gamealive", so to speak.
Doom II is not abandonware because idstill sells it, while The Incredible Machine is not sold, therefore is abandonware.