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scrool
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2014-04-26 16:54:15 +01:00
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/skrool/ , n. [from the pioneering Roundtable chat system in Houston ca.:
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1984; prob.: originated as a typo for scroll ] The log of old messages,
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available for later perusal or to help one get back in synch with the
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conversation. It was originally called the scrool monster , because an early
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version of the roundtable software had a bug where it would dump all 8K of
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scrool on a user's terminal.
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