McQuary limit en · PROPN
Etymology
After George F. McQuary, a frequent contributor to the newsgroup alt.fan.warlord where flamboyant signatures were criticized.
Meanings
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(Internet, historical) The rule of netiquette stating that the text of a Usenet signature, or sig, should be less than 80 columns wide and no longer than four lines.
Only 5 lines, so it just squeezes past the McQuary limit, but what a stylish BUAF for your collections, I only hope Kibo is reading.
1992 October 14, David Philip Langstaff, “Wanted...”, in alt.fan.warlord (Usenet):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| the McQuary limit | canonical | lexicographic |