@-party
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Definition of @-party word
- noun Technical meaning of @-party (event, history) /at'par-tee/ (Or "@-sign party") An antiquated term for a gathering of hackers at a science-fiction convention (especially the annual Worldcon) to which only people who had an electronic mail address were admitted. The term refers to the commercial at symbol, "@", in an e-mail address and dates back to the era when having an e-mail address was a distinguishing characteristic of the select few who worked with computers. Compare boink. 1
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Parts of speech for @-party
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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