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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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