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lurk moar en · VERB

Etymology

A deliberate misspelling of lurk more.

Meanings

1. (Internet) Used to reprimand a newcomer (often called a "newfag" in forums like 4chan) for posting something that reveals their ignorance of the community's rules, culture, or established in-jokes.
   • new users unfamiliar with any community’s social world are typically invited to “lurk moar” — meaning they are to first familiarize themselves with the local cultural habits, dialects, and rules before trying to actively engage with and individually appropriate them. 2021, Stijn Peeters, Marc Tuters, Tom Willaert, Daniël de Zeeuw, “On the Vernacular Language Games of an Antagonistic Online Subculture”, in National Library of Medicine:
   • […] and information about people, including suspected pedophiles and women he’d met online. Soon he was encouraging other newfags to “lurk moar,” or learn more on 4chan. 2013, Olsen, Parmy, We are Anonymous, Back Bay Books, page 37:

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