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disusered
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adj. [Usenet] Said of a person whose account on a computer has been removed,
esp. for cause rather than through normal attrition. He got disusered when
they found out he'd been cracking through the school's Internet access. The
verbal form disuser is live but less common. Both usages probably derive
from the DISUSER account status flag on VMS; setting it disables the
account. Compare star out.