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initgame
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/in-it'gaym/ [IRC] An IRC version of the venerable
trivia game "20 questions", in which one user changes his
nick to the initials of a famous person or other named
entity, and the others on the channel ask yes or no questions,
with the one to guess the person getting to be "it" next. As
a courtesy, the one picking the initials starts by providing a
4-letter hint of the form sex, nationality, life-status,
reality-status. For example, MAAR means "Male, American,
Alive, Real" (as opposed to "fictional"). Initgame can be
surprisingly addictive. See also hing.
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initgame
(jargon) | initgame
/in·it'gaym/, n.
[IRC] An IRC version of the trivia game “Botticelli”, in which one user
changes his nick to the initials of a famous person or other named
entity, and the others on the channel ask yes or no questions, with the one
to guess the person getting to be “it” next. As a courtesy, the one picking
the initials starts by providing a 4-letter hint of the form sex,
nationality, life-status, reality-status. For example, MAAR means “Male,
American, Alive, Real” (as opposed to “fictional”). Initgame can be
surprisingly addictive. See also hing.
[1996 update: a recognizable version of the initgame has become a staple of
some radio talk shows in the U.S. We had it first! -- ESR]
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