Froggery

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A place or enclosure where frogs are kept, and often bred.
  2. 2
    An act of impersonating another user of a newsgroup by crafting the address or sig of a post to be visually similar to that of their victim, as a form of trolling or for the purpose of harming their online reputation. Internet

    "[A FROOD WHO SURE KNOWS WHERE HIS TOWEL IS:] >Well, since I don't actually receive Alt.forgery, and I saw some forged headers here... ¶ Just need help getting rid of the from places (and my user name). ¶ This is a VAX I'm on. ¶ T. Careful, it is currently easy to recognize a froggery."

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ranariumranarium

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"[A FROOD WHO SURE KNOWS WHERE HIS TOWEL IS:] >Well, since I don't actually receive Alt.forgery, and I saw some forged headers here... ¶ Just need help getting rid of the from places (and my user name). ¶ This is a VAX I'm on. ¶ T. Careful, it is currently easy to recognize a froggery."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From frog + -ery.

Etymology 2

Deliberate misspelling of forgery.

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