Initgame

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  initgame /in-it'gaym/ n. [IRC] An {IRC} version of the trivia game
     "Botticelli", in which one user changes his {nick} to the initials of a
     famous person or other named entity, and the others on the channel ask
     yes or no questions, with the one to guess the person getting to be "it"
     next. As a courtesy, the one picking the initials starts by providing a
     4-letter hint of the form sex, nationality, life-status, reality-status.


     For example, MAAR means "Male, American, Alive, Real" (as opposed to
     "fictional"). Initgame can be surprisingly addictive. See also {hing}.
  
     [1996 update: a recognizable version of the initgame has become a
     staple of some radio talk shows in the U.S. We had it first! - ESR]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  initgame
       
           /in-it'gaym/ [IRC] An {IRC} version of the venerable
          trivia game "20 questions", in which one user changes his
          {nick} to the initials of a famous person or other named
          entity, and the others on the channel ask yes or no questions,
          with the one to guess the person getting to be "it" next.  As
          a courtesy, the one picking the initials starts by providing a
          4-letter hint of the form sex, nationality, life-status,
          reality-status.  For example, MAAR means "Male, American,
          Alive, Real" (as opposed to "fictional").  Initgame can be
          surprisingly addictive.  See also {hing}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]