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Uselessnet en · PROPN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃eyt-der.? Proto-Italic *oitōr Latin ūtor Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin ūsus Old French usbor. Middle English use English use Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English useless English Usenet blend English Uselessnet Blend of useless + Usenet.

Meanings

1. (derogatory) Usenet.
   • and you take that personal? It's uselessnet. 2023 September 25, Skeeter, “Now I know why everyone ignores Tim”, in alt.atheism (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Dec 2025:
   • Still, with all the new Delphites and Uselessnet folk around these days, how about the following arrangement? If you aren't on the Mousy mailing list and wish to receive a copy of the next issue, send a SASE to the below address in the next few days, along with a short note including your address for insertion into the regular list at a later date. 1986 November 27, SHU...@red.rutgers.edu.uucp, “Delphi Mac Digest V2 #62”, in mod.mac (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Dec 2025:
   • Doesn't anyone out there in the bowels (I use the term advisedly) of the Uselessnet remember that the reason that newsgroups were invented, was so we could see items of interest SEGREGATED INTO TOPICS OF INTEREST??? 1983 July 12, hu...@dadla-b.uucp, “Wretched multiple submissions”, in net.flame (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Dec 2025:

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