Person of no account

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person of no account
Usage: n.
Derivation: University of California at Santa Cruz

See Also: return from the dead


person of no account: n.

[University of California at Santa Cruz] Used when referring to a person with no network address, frequently to forestall confusion. Most often as part of an introduction: "This is Bill, a person of no account, but he used to be bill@random.com". Compare return from the dead.

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Source: person of no account, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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