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Hacker: A beginning to intermediate player

Hack: A game that 'reuses' code from an older game to create a new game. Usually the hack plays much the like old one (except for some graphical tweaks), although some hacks incorporate extensive . . . View Full Definition

Fairy Tale: In common parlance, a tale about elves, dragons, hobgoblins, sprites, and other fantastic magical beings set vaguely in the distant past (once upon a time'), often in a pseudo-medieval world . . . View Full Definition

Victorian Period: The period of British literature in the late nineteenth century. The date of the period is often given as 1837-1901--the years Queen Victoria ruled the expanding British Empire. Alternativel . . . View Full Definition

Duffer: (also 'hacker') an unskilled golfer

Novel Of Manners: A novel that describes in detail the customs, behaviors, habits, and expectations of a certain social group at a specific time and place. Usually these conventions shape the behavior of the . . . View Full Definition

Chopper: (also 'duffer, hacker, hack, chop') a (usually) erratic and unskilled golfer whose technique is characterized by arm and hand oriented hitting at the ball rather than smooth swinging through the ball

Attachment: Means that goods held by the person in debt, eg a car, are 'frozen'. Anything that has been frozen ('attached') can be sold. The money raised is then handed over to the person who is owed the money.

Domainkeys: An anti-spam software application being developed by Yahoo and using a combination of public and private 'keys' to authenticate the sender's domain and reduce the chance that a spammer or ha . . . View Full Definition

Joe Job: A spam-industry term for a forged email, in which a spammer or hacker fakes a genuine email address in order to hide his identity.