/n[y]oo' groop wORz/ [Usenet] The salvos of dueling "newgroup" and "rmgroup" messages sometimes exchanged by persons on opposite sides of a dispute over whether a newsgroup should be created net-wide, OR (even mORe frequently) whether an obsolete one should be removed. These usually settle out within a week OR two as it becomes clear whether the group has a natural constituency (usually, it doesn' t). At times, especially in the completely anarchic alt hierarchy, the names of newsgroups themselves become a fORm of comment OR humour e.g. the spinoff of alt.swedish.chef.bORk.bORk.bORk from alt.tv.muppets in early 1990, OR any number of specialised abuse groups named after particularly notORious flamers, e.g. alt.weemba. [Jargon File]