Glossary
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abet
-verb (used with object)
- to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing.
aid
-noun
- the act or result of helping; assistance.
chain letter
-noun
- a letter sent to a number of people, each of whom is asked to make and mail copies to other people who are to do likewise.
clone
-noun
- a person or thing that duplicates, imitates, or closely resembles another in appearance, function, performance, or style.
confidential
-adjective
- spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret.
contribute
-v. intr.
- to help bring about a result; act as a factor.
copyright
-noun
- the legal protection given to published works, forbidding anyone but the author from publishing or selling them.
critique
-noun
- an article or essay criticizing a literary or other work; detailed evaluation; review.
demean
-verb (used with object)
- to lower in dignity, honor, or standing; debase.
discretion
-noun
- the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment; freedom of judgment or choice.
flame
-noun
- Computer Slang. an act or instance of angry criticism or disparagement, esp. on a computer network.
-verb (used without object)
- Computer Slang. to behave in an offensive manner, esp. on a computer network.
-verb (used with object)
- Computer Slang. to insult or criticize angrily, esp. on a computer network.
hack
-verb (used with object)
- attempting to gain unauthorized access to another's personal information.
harass
-verb (used with object)
- to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
instigate
-verb (used with object)
- to urge, provoke, or incite to some action or course.
insult
-verb (used with object)
- to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
intense
-adjective
- existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree.
legible
-adjective
- capable of being read or deciphered, esp. with ease, as writing or printing; easily readable.
mild
-adjective
- moderate in intensity, degree, or character.
moderation
-noun
- the quality of being moderate; restraint; avoidance of extremes or excesses; temperance.
offensive
-adjective
- causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying.
- repugnant to the moral sense, good taste, or the like; insulting.
plagiarism
-noun
- the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work.
profanity
-noun
- profane conduct or language; a profane act or utterance.
prolonged
-tr. verb
- to lengthen in duration; protract.
rant
-v. intr.
- to speak or write in an angry or violent manner; rave.
refrain
-verb (used without object)
- to abstain from an impulse to say or do something.
responsible
-adjective
- answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management.
scam
-verb (used with object)
- to cheat or defraud with a scam.
soapbox
-noun
- an improvised platform, as one on a street, from which a speaker delivers an informal speech, an appeal, or political harangue.
steal
-verb (used with object)
- to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, esp. secretly or by force.
theft
-noun
- the act of stealing; the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods or property of another; larceny.
threat
-noun
- a declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, injury, etc., in retaliation for, or conditionally upon, some action or course; menace.