Mav

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mav
Usage: n.
Etymology: IRC
Derivation: MUD, IRC; common


mav: n.

[MUD, IRC; common] Term used when an individual accidently sends a comment to the wrong location. Generally, this is MUD-to-MUD (MU*-to-MU*), or in various IRC channels. However, it can also refer to a comment made in private that was dropped to the entire world, or accidentally directing to one person when it was supposed to go to another.

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Source: mav, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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