Netcop
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A user who attempts to enforce netiquette or other standards, especially on Usenet. Internet, derogatory, slang
"Isn't the infamous "netcop" post that gets reposted here weekly your justification for continuing the discussion on news.admin, due to your interpretation of news.admin's charter?"
- 1 To call out, criticize or complain about (someone or something), especially when attempting to enforce netiquette or other standards, especially on Usenet. Internet, ambitransitive, derogatory, slang
"So I just skip over them, rather than netcopping every time I don't like the content. Any thread with 'jealousy' in the title doesn't even get a look, but perhaps I should start netcopping about how that has been done to death here, and I didn't even find it interesting or relevant to me the first time it was brought up?"
Example
More examples"Isn't the infamous "netcop" post that gets reposted here weekly your justification for continuing the discussion on news.admin, due to your interpretation of news.admin's charter?"
Etymology
From net + cop.
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