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lurker |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lurker \Lurk"er\, n. 1. One who lurks. 2. A small fishing boat. [Prov. Eng.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lurker n : someone waiting in concealment [syn: {skulker}, {lurcher}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: lurker n. One of the `silent majority' in a electronic forum; one who posts occasionally or not at all but is known to read the group's postings regularly. This term is not pejorative and indeed is casually used reflexively: "Oh, I'm just lurking." Often used in `the lurkers', the hypothetical audience for the group's {flamage}-emitting regulars. When a lurker speaks up for the first time, this is called `delurking'. The creator of the popular science-fiction TV series "Babylon 5" has ties to SF fandom and the hacker culture. In that series, the use of the term `lurker' for a homeless or displaced person is a conscious reference to the jargon term. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: lurker {lurking}
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