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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>initgame</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="../I.html" title="I"/><link rel="previous" href="Infocom.html" title="Infocom"/><link rel="next" href="insanely-great.html" title="insanely great"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">initgame</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Infocom.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">I</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="insanely-great.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="initgame"/><dt xmlns="" id="initgame"><b>initgame</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/in·it´gaym/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [IRC] An <a href="IRC.html"><i class="glossterm">IRC</i></a> version of the trivia game
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“<span class="quote">Botticelli</span>”, in which one user changes his
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<a href="../N/nick.html"><i class="glossterm">nick</i></a> to the initials of a famous person or other
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named entity, and the others on the channel ask yes or no questions, with
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the one to guess the person getting to be “<span class="quote">it</span>” next. As a
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courtesy, the one picking the initials starts by providing a 4-letter hint
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of the form sex, nationality, life-status, reality-status. For example,
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MAAR means “<span class="quote">Male, American, Alive, Real</span>” (as opposed to
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“<span class="quote">fictional</span>”). Initgame can be surprisingly addictive. See
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also <a href="../H/hing.html"><i class="glossterm">hing</i></a>.</p></dd><dd><p>[1996 update: a recognizable version of the initgame has become a
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staple of some radio talk shows in the U.S. We had it first! --
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