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whack-a-mole
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n. [from the carnival game which involves quickly and repeatedly hitting the
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heads of mechanical moles with a mallet as they pop up from their holes.] 1.
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The practice of repeatedly causing spammers' throwaway account s and drop
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boxes to be terminated. 2. After sense 1 became established in the mid-1990s
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the term passed into more generalized use, and now is commonly found in such
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combinations as whack-a-mole windows ; the obnoxious pop-up advertisement
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windows spawned in flocks when you surf to sites like Angelfire or Lycos.
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