leech

   1.  n.  (Also  leecher.) Among BBS types, crackers and {warez d00dz},
   one  who  consumes knowledge without generating new software, cracks,
   or  techniques.  BBS  culture specifically defines a leech as someone
   who  downloads  files  with few or no uploads in return, and who does
   not  contribute  to the message section. Cracker culture extends this
   definition  to  someone  (a  {lamer}, usually) who constantly presses
   informed  sources  for information and/or assistance, but has nothing
   to contribute. See {troughie}.

   2. v. [common, Toronto area] v. To download a file across any kind of
   internet  link. "Hop on IRC later so I can leech some MP3s from you."
   Used to describe activities ranging from FTP, to IRC DCC-send, to ICQ
   file  requests,  to  Napster searches (but never to downloading email
   with  file  attachments;  the implication is that the download is the
   result  of  a browse or search of some sort of file server). Seems to
   be a holdover from the early 1990s when Toronto had a very active BBS
   and  warez  scene.  Synonymous  with  {snarf} (sense 2), and contrast
   {snarf} (sense 4).

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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {courier}{poser}{troughie}{warez}{warez d00dz}]