Word: insiderish
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...democratic. When crises arise, they are resolved by members thrashing out the dos and don'ts of cyberspace etiquette. Still, there are plenty of elites and hierarchies. Veteran settlers, who look askance at the hordes of newcomers, often form exclusive conferences where they can avoid endless beginner bellyaching about insiderish jokes and jargon. ``There are users and superusers,'' says Jones. ``There are E-mail addresses that have more status than others.'' In other words, the Net is pretty much more of the world we already know: a place both embracing and exclusionary, loving and hurtful. As happened with the telephone...
...number that redubs Tommy Tune's somber, doomy Grand Hotel as Grim Hotel. Or a patter song to the tune of Brush Up Your Shakespeare, in which I Hate Hamlet star Nicol Williamson celebrates the joys of humbling his co-stars. This sort of humor -- a cunning blend of insiderish wit and broad clowning -- has made Forbidden Broadway an institution. Since 1982 it has played off-Broadway, enjoying the goodwill and legal cooperation of the very creators it spoofs, and has spawned a national tour and satellite troupes from Los Angeles to London. In the new, eighth edition, everyone shines...
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