Warlording

2 definitions found

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

  warlording v. [from the Usenet group alt.fan.warlord] The act of
     excoriating a bloated, ugly, or derivative {sig block}. Common grounds
     for warlording include the presence of a signature rendered in a {BUAF},
     over-used or cliched {sig quote}s, ugly {ASCII art}, or simply excessive
     size. The original `Warlord' was a {B1FF}-like {newbie} c.1991 who
     featured in his sig a particularly large and obnoxious ASCII graphic


     resembling the sword of Conan the Barbarian in the 1981 John Milius
     movie; the group name alt.fan.warlord was sarcasm, and the
     characteristic mode of warlording is devastatingly sarcastic praise. See
     also {McQuary limit}.
  
  

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

  warlording
       
           The act of excoriating a bloated, ugly or derivative
          {sig block}.  Common grounds for warlording include the
          presence of a signature rendered in a {BUAF}, over-used or
          cliched {sig quotes}, ugly {ASCII art}, or simply excessive
          size.  The original "Warlord" was a {BIFF}-like {newbie}
          c. 1991 who featured in his sig a particularly large and
          obnoxious ASCII graphic resembling the sword of Conan the
          Barbarian in the 1981 John Milius movie; the group name
          alt.fan.warlord was sarcasm, and the characteristic mode of
          warlording is devastatingly sarcastic praise.
       
          {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:alt.fan.warlord}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1994-11-29)