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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>blammo</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="Black-Screen-of-Death.html" title="Black Screen of Death"/><link rel="next" href="blargh.html" title="blargh"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">blammo</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Black-Screen-of-Death.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="blargh.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="blammo"/><dt xmlns="" id="blammo"><b>blammo</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">v.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Oxford Brookes University and alumni, UK] To forcibly remove
someone from any interactive system, especially talker systems. The
operators, who may remain hidden, may &#8220;<span class="quote">blammo</span>&#8221; a user who is
misbehaving. Very similar to archaic MIT <span class="firstterm">gun</span>; in fact, the <span class="firstterm">blammo-gun</span> is a notional device used to
&#8220;<span class="quote">blammo</span>&#8221; someone. While in actual fact the only incarnation
of the blammo-gun is the command used to forcibly eject a user, operators
speak of different levels of blammo-gun fire; e.g., a blammo-gun to
&#8216;stun&#8217; will temporarily remove someone, but a blammo-gun set to
&#8216;maim&#8217; will stop someone coming back on for a while.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Black-Screen-of-Death.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="blargh.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Black Screen of Death </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> blargh</td></tr></table></div></body></html>