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dino

  • noun Someone who has been either playing or writing MUAs for a considerable time. This is usually relative to the MUA: an Internet player of 2 years' standing might be considered a dino, but on MUD2 they'd be regarded as comparative newcomers! For the abbreviationally-impaired, dino is short for 'dinosaur'; it is a term of approbation, a version of hacker (sense 5) appropriate for MUAs. See oldbie.

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