SNERT is an acronym for Snot-Nosed Egotistical
Rude Twit. It was created in 1994 in the Guide Lounge on America Online, as we were not allowed to refer to members as twits, twerps, or the like. A pact was loosely
made between those present that we wouldn'
t tell members what it meant other than "a troublesome member". The word went on to be defined in at least twenty different ways by members and eventually moved out into the online gaming
world.