• Squit

    Origin 1

    Full definition of squit

    Noun

    squit

    (countable and uncountable; plural squits)
    1. (derogatory, countable) A person of low status.
    2. (Norfolk, uncountable) Nonsense; amusing stories.

    Origin 2

    Short for server quit.

    Verb

    1. (transitive, internet) To disconnect (an IRC server) from a network.
      • 1994, "Bernhard Lorenz", ChanOp for Irc Opers (on newsgroup alt.irc)... these problems solved themselves atfter some 10 minutes or so, without an ircop interferring into channel affairs by squitting his/her server to gain chanop status.
      • 1996, "Jesse", A warning to all irc users (on newsgroup alt.irc)Today, I was awakened by a call from one of my IRC ops, telling me that my net had been 'taken over'. An ircop had squitted all the servers, and had a script that kept them disconnected from the net.

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