scrolling

In internet chat rooms and instant messaging, "scrolling" is the practice of turning what should be one line of text into multiple lines. This is an annoyance to other users, as scrolled messages take up more screen real estate.

ph33r dhoom: hey guyz
ph33r dhoom: wuz ^
merc275: uh, hi
ph33r dhoom: so um
ph33r dhoom: i was wonderin
ph33r dhoom: does ne1 have ne
ph33r dhoom: jessica simpson nudie pics?????????
merc275: dude, quit scrolling

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blank stairs

1. stairs that have been sealed off and lead nowhere

2. a misspelling of "blank stares"

1. John turned the building into three office spaces for rent, leaving blank stairs in one area.

2. Preacher on message board: "I asked the young couple if they had talked to God lately, and all I got was blank stairs."

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facebook fade

The transition for someone from being your real, in-person friend to just another voiceless, distant entry on your facebook feed. Can be caused by graduation, moving away, a new job, etc.

"I am really enjoying sleeping with you, and not looking forward to our inevitable facebook fade."

sdf

Super Dimension Fortress, the classification of the ship from the seminal, famous 1980s Japanese anime "Macross." In America, in the anime's "Robotech" adaptation, the acronym was changed to "Super Dimensional Fortress," and the Macross was referred to as "The SDF" frequently.

The bridge of the SDF is staffed by the captain and his team.

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miserable user

"Miserable User" is the name of a hack for Virtual Bulletin message boards. An admin can set a poster to that status to encourage the poster to leave the board.

Here is what happens to a miserable user:

- There is a random 60-120 second delay each time they click on a link.
- 90% of times they have no search engine acccess.
- 75% of the times they get the server too busy error.

If they don't get the server too busy error:
- 50% of the times they may get a blank page
- 30% of the times they may get forwarded to the forum main page
- 20% of the time they may be able to see the page they asked for.

Miserable User is a fate worse than permabanning.

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Throw your hat over the wall

When you throw your hat over the wall, you're committing to doing something. The phrase is derived from what you would do before you climb over a wall - you throw the hat over to the other side, so it doesn't fall off while you are climbing.

"throw your hat over the wall" example:

JFK himself. When he was in office, he stood before the world and promised them a man on the moon within 10 years. Thing is, nobody had started working on a space program at that point. JFK had no data to back up his claims, no insight into the practicality of space travel. But you know what he had?

The man had sac. The man had the sac to stand before the world and say “Yo, yo get this! We’re going to the moon.”

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threadcop

a person who enforces message board rules in an imperious, incessant, or otherwise annoying manner.

The term "threadcop" originates from the idea of calling a message board topic a "thread." This hails back to the naming conventions of older message board systems.