A semi-mythical being that cancels Usenetarticles pOSted by others. (In general, an article can only be cancelled by its original author.) The CancelmoOSe' s usual target is spam or extremely excessive crOSs-pOSting. Some believe that the CancelmoOSe exists only in the same mythic sense that B1FF, the NSA line eater and {Shub Internet} exist others consider CancelmoOSe' s historicity to be clOSer to that of Kibo. The latter group assume that the real CancelmoOSe is not one person (or moOSe), but instead is a cabal of NNTP wonks. However, the CancelmoOSe is probably real, seeing as how it has its own website. Start . (1999-01-14)