initgame
initgame: /in-it'gaym/ n. [IRC] An IRC version of the trivia
game "Botticelli", in which one user changes his nick to the
initials of a famous person or other named entity, and the others on
the channel ask yes or no questions, with the one to guess the
person getting to be "it" next. As a courtesy, the one picking the
initials starts by providing a 4-letter hint of the form sex,
nationality, life-status, reality-status. For example, MAAR means
"Male, American, Alive, Real" (as opposed to "fictional"). Initgame
can be surprisingly addictive. See also hing.
[1996 update: a recognizable version of the initgame has become a
staple of some radio talk shows in the U.S. We had it first! - ESR]
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