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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>bottom feeder</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="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="bot.html" title="bot"/><link rel="next" href="bottom-post.html" title="bottom-post"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">bottom feeder</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bot.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bottom-post.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="bottom-feeder"/><dt xmlns="" id="bottom-feeder"><b>bottom feeder</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. An Internet user that leeches off ISPs — the sort you can
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never provide good enough services for, always complains about the price,
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no matter how low it may be, and will bolt off to another service the
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moment there is even the slimmest price difference. While most bottom
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feeders infest free or almost free services such as AOL, MSN, and Hotmail,
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too many flock to whomever happens to be the cheapest regional ISP at the
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time. Bottom feeders are often the classic problem user, known for
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unleashing spam, flamage, and other breaches of
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<a href="../N/netiquette.html"><i class="glossterm">netiquette</i></a>.</p></dd><dd><p> 2. Syn. for <a href="../S/slopsucker.html"><i class="glossterm">slopsucker</i></a>, derived from the
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fishermen's and naturalists' term for finny creatures who subsist on the
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primordial ooze. (This sense is older.)</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bot.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bottom-post.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">bot </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> bottom-post</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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