different between posting vs warlording

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??st??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?po?st??/
• Rhymes: -??st??

Verb

posting

1. present participle of post

Noun

posting (plural postings)

1. The action of the verb to post.
2. An item inserted into a register, ledger or diary.
3. (computing) A message posted to a computerized bulletin board, a newsgroup, a blog, etc.

   Synonym: post

4. (chiefly Britain) The place where a soldier or airman is posted for duty; the time spent there.

Derived terms

• bottom-posting
• crossposting / cross posting
• top-posting

Anagrams

• T posing, T-posing, stoping

English

Etymology

Named after the Usenet group alt.fan.warlord which was established as a forum for warlording, itself named after the Usenet user with the handle "Death Star, War Lord of the West" who became infamous among certain circles in the Usenet community for possessing a particularly bloated signature block.

Noun

warlording (uncountable)

1. (Internet) The act of denouncing, dissecting or mocking bloated signature blocks in Usenet postings.

Further reading

• McQuary limit
• alt.fan.warlord on Wikipedia.Wikipedia