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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>finn</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="finger-pointing-syndrome.html" title="finger-pointing syndrome"/><link rel="next" href="firebottle.html" title="firebottle"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">finn</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="finger-pointing-syndrome.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="firebottle.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="finn"/><dt xmlns="" id="finn"><b>finn</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">v.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [IRC] To pull rank on somebody based on the amount of time one has
spent on <a href="../I/IRC.html"><i class="glossterm">IRC</i></a>. The term derives from the fact that
IRC was originally written in Finland in 1987. There may be some influence
from the &#8216;Finn&#8217; character in William Gibson's seminal cyberpunk
novel <i class="citetitle">Count Zero</i>, who at one point says to another
(much younger) character &#8220;<span class="quote">I have a pair of shoes older than you are,
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