[Ads-l] New to me: _griefing_

[Laurence Horn]

> On Jun 10, 2016, at 5:17 AM, Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Hi Wilson! We talked about "griefing" five years ago, when it was also new
> to you. :->
> 
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__listserv.linguistlist.org_pipermail_ads-2Dl_2011-2DJune_110293.html&d=AwIBaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wFp3X4Mu39hB2bf13gtz0ZpW1TsSxPIWYiZRsMFFaLQ&m=xU3NAQksyW3XVXD1Ucx1nNT5Ot6wyWX9U1G5BFKhXR4&s=MCDYQH1t17QIhgLdkrov2UMAua8hzZXQp850wUh943g&e= 

Well, as NBC almost put it a few years ago in their summer rerun promos, "if you don't remember it, it's new to you".  Often an advantage when you get (some of) our age.  ;-)

LH

> 
> On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 11:10 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> "The mean-spirited practice of ... marring other people's on-line
>> experience"
>> 
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__goo.gl_OiemvU&d=AwIBaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wFp3X4Mu39hB2bf13gtz0ZpW1TsSxPIWYiZRsMFFaLQ&m=xU3NAQksyW3XVXD1Ucx1nNT5Ot6wyWX9U1G5BFKhXR4&s=Q7-VIyEVgRA4wmwl5fNcY6Ttocu3rISNTGt3WoIp_Iw&e= 
>> 
>> The definition above isn't in the article, but it is in the e-mail notify
>> about the article.
>> 
>> The UD has it from '04, in its original, on-line-gaming use in the sense of
>> lousing up a game for other players.
>> 
>> 
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