Hello, moderation.
I feel sort of silly for asking this, but what does DEAT mean? I've seen it used many times on the forums.
by Aethras » Sat Apr 22, 2017 8:37 pm
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Aethras wrote:Hello, moderation.
I feel sort of silly for asking this, but what does DEAT mean? I've seen it used many times on the forums.
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by The Federation of Kendor » Sat Apr 22, 2017 10:15 pm
Aethras wrote:Hello, moderation.
I feel sort of silly for asking this, but what does DEAT mean? I've seen it used many times on the forums.
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by Kyrusia » Sat Apr 22, 2017 10:28 pm
Reploid Productions wrote:Q: I see it all the goddamn time, but what exactly is "DEAT?"
A: As most folks can probably infer from how the term gets used, it's a piece of slang for "deletion." It can function as a noun or a verb ("I got 10 DEATs on that spammer's puppets!" or "Somebody wanna go DEAT that guy?" for examples.) It's also an extremely old piece of slang, the expression's origins going back to 2003 and the first batch or so of NS mods. If my memory serves correctly, since-retired game mod Neutered Sputniks brought the term over to Nationstates from another site he had been part of, and explained its origin as a typo someone there made when caps-yelling "DEAD!" The expression caught on here, likely due to "DEAT" functioning nicely for both "dead" or "delete" and remains one of the most common expressions for deleting an account today.
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