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derf
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/derf/ [PLATO] 1. v. The act of exploiting a terminal which someone else has
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absentmindedly left logged on, to use that person's account, especially to
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post articles intended to make an ass of the victim you're impersonating. It
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has been alleged that the term originated as a reversal of the name of the
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gentleman who most usually left himself vulnerable to it, who also happened
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to be the head of the department that handled PLATO at the University of
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Delaware. Compare baggy pantsing. 2. n. The victim of an act of derfing,
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sense 1. The most typical posting from a derfed account read I am a derf..
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