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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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