warlording

( v.)

   [from  the  Usenet  group  alt.fan.warlord]  The act of excoriating a
   bloated,   ugly,  or  derivative  {sig  block}.  Common  grounds  for
   warlording  include the presence of a signature rendered in a {BUAF},
   over-used  or  cliched  {sig  quote}s,  ugly  {ASCII  art}, or simply
   excessive  size.  The  original  `Warlord' was a {B1FF}-like {newbie}
   c.1991  who  featured  in  his sig a particularly large and obnoxious
   ASCII graphic resembling the sword of Conan the Barbarian in the 1981
   John  Milius  movie;  the group name alt.fan.warlord was sarcasm, and
   the  characteristic  mode  of  warlording  is devastatingly sarcastic
   praise. See also {McQuary limit}.

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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {ASCII art}{BUAF}{BUAG}{McQuary limit}]