Argicize

What Does Argicize Mean And What Are Its Roots?

by Craig Dickson (crd@netcom.com)
written 20 May 1994

This article is classified "Fictional"


Argicize (AR-gih-size), vt.  To post nonsense repeatedly without significant
change, especially to a wide spectrum of unrelated newsgroups and/or
threads, as in "all the articles you argicized" (snowhare@netcom.com) [1].

Etymology: derived from the name of Serdar Argic, a roboposter well-known
for posting essentially identical articles in mass quantities all over
Usenet during the period 1991-4.  Synonyms: serdarize, brynerize, spam.
Antonym: retromoderate.

See also "crosspost to hell and back," "off-charter," "robopost," "-bot."

[1] Snowhare  (snowhare@netcom.com), inventor of the word.

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