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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>sig virus</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="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="sig-quote.html" title="sig quote"/><link rel="next" href="sigmonster.html" title="sigmonster"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">sig virus</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sig-quote.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sigmonster.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="sig-virus"/><dt xmlns="" id="sig-virus"><b>sig virus</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A parasitic <a href="../M/meme.html"><i class="glossterm">meme</i></a> embedded in a <a href="sig-block.html"><i class="glossterm">sig
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block</i></a>. There was a <a href="../M/meme-plague.html"><i class="glossterm">meme plague</i></a> or fad
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for these on Usenet in late 1991. Most were equivalents of “<span class="quote">I am a
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.sig virus. Please reproduce me in your .sig block.</span>”. Of course,
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the .sig virus's memetic hook is the giggle value of going along with the
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gag; this, however, was a self-limiting phenomenon as more and more people
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picked up on the idea. There were creative variants on it; some people
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stuck ‘sig virus antibody’ texts in their sigs, and there was
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at least one instance of a sig virus eater.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sig-quote.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sigmonster.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">sig quote </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> sigmonster</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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