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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>derf</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="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="deprecated.html" title="deprecated"/><link rel="next" href="deserves-to-lose.html" title="deserves to lose"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">derf</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="deprecated.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="deserves-to-lose.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="derf"/><dt xmlns="" id="derf"><b>derf</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/derf/</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [PLATO] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. <span class="grammar">v.</span> The act of exploiting a
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terminal which someone else has absentmindedly left logged on, to use that
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person's account, especially to post articles intended to make an ass of
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the victim you're impersonating. It has been alleged that the term
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originated as a reversal of the name of the gentleman who most usually left
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himself vulnerable to it, who also happened to be the head of the
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department that handled PLATO at the University of Delaware. Compare
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<a href="../B/baggy-pantsing.html"><i class="glossterm">baggy pantsing</i></a>.</p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="grammar">n.</span> The victim of an act of
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derfing, sense 1. The most typical posting from a derfed account read
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“<span class="quote">I am a derf.</span>”.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="deprecated.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../D.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="deserves-to-lose.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">deprecated </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> deserves to lose</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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