warlording v. from the usenet group alt.fan.warlord the act of
   excoriating a bloated, ugly, or derivative sig block. common grounds
   for warlording include the presence of a signature rendered in a buaf,
   over-used or cliched sig quotes, ugly ascii art, or simply excessive
   size. the original `warlord' was a b1ff-like newbie c.1991 who
   featured in his sig a particularly large and obnoxious ascii graphic
   resembling the sword of conan the barbarian in the 1981 john milius
   movie; the group name alt.fan.warlord was sarcasm, and the
   characteristic mode of warlording is devastatingly sarcastic praise. see
   also mcquary limit.


see also:
sig block buaf sig quote ascii art b1ff newbie 
mcquary limit 

warlording
     
         the act of excoriating a bloated, ugly or derivative
        sig block.  common grounds for warlording include the
        presence of a signature rendered in a buaf, over-used or
        cliched sig quotes, ugly ascii art, or simply excessive
        size.  the original "warlord" was a biff-like newbie
        c. 1991 who featured in his sig a particularly large and
        obnoxious ascii graphic resembling the sword of conan the
        barbarian in the 1981 john milius movie; the group name
        alt.fan.warlord was sarcasm, and the characteristic mode of
        warlording is devastatingly sarcastic praise.
     
        usenet newsgroup: news:alt.fan.warlord.
     
        jargon file
     
        1994-11-29
     
     
see also:
sig block buaf sig quotes ascii art biff newbie 
usenet lt;news:alt.fan.warlordgt; jargon file