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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Off-line #65136 04/11/02 02:33 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 sparteye: booted I've seen "booted" used, but with a different meaning: one is "booted" when a chat-room host deliberately kicks him/her out of the chat room. A "boot" is for a short cooling-off period (allowing re-entry immediately or within a few minutes or an hour); if longer it is a "ban". This is the usage I've seen in MSN chats; I suspect the terminology may differ elsewhere. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Off-line Angel 04/11/02 02:35 AM Re: Off-line hev 04/11/02 03:24 AM Re: Off-line doc_comfort 04/11/02 05:12 AM Re: Off-line Phyllisstein 04/11/02 06:27 AM Re: Off-line Bobyoungbalt 04/13/02 04:41 AM Re: Off-line Sparteye 04/11/02 01:15 PM Re: Off-line Keiva 04/11/02 02:33 PM Re: Off-line wwh 04/11/02 02:40 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,421 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,351 guests, and 10 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 23 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,592 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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