finn

   [IRC]  To  pull  rank on somebody based on the amount of time one has
   spent  on  {IRC}.  The  term  derives  from  the  fact  that  IRC was
   originally  written  in  Finland in 1987. There may be some influence
   from the `Finn' character in William Gibson's seminal cyberpunk novel
   Count Zero, who at one point says to another (much younger) character
   "I have a pair of shoes older than you are, so shut up!"

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