[QUESTION] What does DEAT stand for?

[Mossex]

I see it's used a lot in the sight, and I never got a real definition for it. I mean, I understand it's used when a nation has been deleted by a mod. Is that what it's short for? Delete? Anyways, it should be a pretty easy question to awnser, wouldn't want to take too much on any one's times. Thank you!

[The Scandoslavic Empire]

Deleted. Not to be confused with DOS (Delete on Sight).
Not much else to it.

[Mossex]

Deleted. Not to be confused with DOS (Delete on Sight).
Not much else to it.

Nice. Thanks for the help.

[Merethin]

It doesn't really stand for anything, unlike DOS (Delete-On-Sight, and not Microsoft's Disk Operating System). It's just a sort of misspelling/weird spelling of the word "delete".

[Untecna]

It doesn't really stand for anything, unlike DOS (Delete-On-Sight, and not Microsoft's Disk Operating System). It's just a sort of misspelling/weird spelling of the word "delete".

Small quip: DOS is a generic term for any disk operating system.

[Mewing Geometry Dash Compact]

It's a portmanteau (mashup of two words) of delete and dead, brought into here by some mod in 2005? if I recall correctly.

[Diarcesia]

Goober confirms what Ballo said:

Originally Posted by Goobergunchia

The actual term is DEAT. "Deated" is a corruption.
DEAT is a misspelling of "Dead" observed by Game Moderator Neutered Sputniks way back when.
Acceptable synonyms are GORT and Modbomb.

http://www.nswiki.net/index.php?title=DEAT

[Merethin]

It doesn't really stand for anything, unlike DOS (Delete-On-Sight, and not Microsoft's Disk Operating System). It's just a sort of misspelling/weird spelling of the word "delete".

Small quip: DOS is a generic term for any disk operating system.

Oh yeah, my bad. MS-DOS is the most well known one though.