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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>whack-a-mole</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="../W.html" title="W"/><link rel="previous" href="whack.html" title="whack"/><link rel="next" href="whacker.html" title="whacker"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">whack-a-mole</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="whack.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">W</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="whacker.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="whack-a-mole"/><dt xmlns="" id="whack-a-mole"><b>whack-a-mole</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from the carnival game which involves quickly and repeatedly
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hitting the heads of mechanical moles with a mallet as they pop up from
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their holes.] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. The practice of repeatedly causing spammers'
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<a href="../T/throwaway-account.html"><i class="glossterm">throwaway account</i></a>s and drop boxes to be terminated.
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</p></dd><dd><p> 2. After sense 1 became established in the mid-1990s the term passed
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into more generalized use, and now is commonly found in such combinations
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as <span class="firstterm">whack-a-mole windows</span>; the
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obnoxious pop-up advertisement windows spawned in flocks when you surf to
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sites like Angelfire or Lycos.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="whack.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../W.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="whacker.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">whack </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> whacker</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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