newgroup wars: /n[y]oo'groop worz/ n. [Usenet] The salvos of
dueling `newgroup' and `rmgroup' messages sometimes exchanged by
persons on opposite sides of a dispute over whether a newsgroup
should be created net-wide, or (even more frequently) whether an
obsolete one should be removed. These usually settle out within a
week or two as it becomes clear whether the group has a natural
constituency (usually, it doesn't). At times, especially in the
completely anarchic alt hierarchy, the names of newsgroups
themselves become a form of comment or humor; e.g., the group
alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork which originated as a birthday joke
for a Muppets fan, or any number of specialized abuse groups named
after particularly notorious flamers, e.g., alt.weemba.
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