entries/whack-a-mole.txt

whack-a-mole

n. [from the carnival game which involves quickly and repeatedly hitting the
heads of mechanical moles with a mallet as they pop up from their holes.] 1.
The practice of repeatedly causing spammers' throwaway accounts and drop
boxes to be terminated. 2. After sense 1 became established in the mid-1990s
the term passed into more generalized use, and now is commonly found in such
combinations as whack-a-mole windows ; the obnoxious pop-up advertisement
windows spawned in flocks when you surf to sites like Angelfire or Lycos.
Initial import of entries 2014-04-26 15:52:28 +01:00			`whack-a-mole`

Limit line lengths 2014-04-26 16:54:15 +01:00			`n. [from the carnival game which involves quickly and repeatedly hitting the`
			`heads of mechanical moles with a mallet as they pop up from their holes.] 1.`
Tidy stray s 2014-07-26 08:53:53 +01:00			`The practice of repeatedly causing spammers' throwaway accounts and drop`
Limit line lengths 2014-04-26 16:54:15 +01:00			`boxes to be terminated. 2. After sense 1 became established in the mid-1990s`
			`the term passed into more generalized use, and now is commonly found in such`
			`combinations as whack-a-mole windows ; the obnoxious pop-up advertisement`
			`windows spawned in flocks when you surf to sites like Angelfire or Lycos.`