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[http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/O/Ob-.html Ob-]: /ob/, pref. | [http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/O/Ob-.html Ob-]: /ob/, pref. | ||
| − | Obligatory. A piece of netiquette acknowledging that the author has been straying from the newsgroup's charter topic. For example, if a posting in alt.sex is a response to a part of someone else's posting that has nothing particularly to do with sex, the author may append ‘ObSex’ ( | + | Obligatory. A piece of netiquette acknowledging that the author has been straying from the newsgroup's charter topic. For example, if a posting in alt.sex is a response to a part of someone else's posting that has nothing particularly to do with sex, the author may append ‘ObSex’ (or ‘Obsex’) and toss off a question or vignette about some unusual erotic act. It is considered a sign of great winnitude when one's Obs are more interesting than other people's whole postings. |
| − | In this context ObTrav implies the author of a post has wandered from the Traveller topic ( | + | In this context ObTrav implies the author of a post has wandered from the Traveller topic (admittedly a broad subject for which almost anything can be considered on topic), and wants to return to proper subject. |
== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | == History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | ||