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derf: /derf/ [PLATO] 1. v. The act of exploiting a
terminal which someone else has absentmindedly left logged on, to use that
person's account, especially to post articles intended to make an ass of
the victim you're impersonating. It has been alleged that the term
originated as a reversal of the name of the gentleman who most usually left
himself vulnerable to it, who also happened to be the head of the
department that handled PLATO at the University of Delaware. Compare
baggy pantsing. 2. n. The victim of an act of
derfing, sense 1. The most typical posting from a derfed account read
“I am a derf.”.
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