LURKER DEFINITIONS - 5 definitions found
Websters 1828 Dictionary 
Lurker LURK'ER, n. One that lurks or keeps out of sight.
WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) 
lurker
n 1: someone waiting in concealment [syn: lurker, skulker,
lurcher]
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) 
lurker noun
see lurk
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 
Lurker \Lurk"er\, n.
1. One who lurks.
2. A small fishing boat. [Prov. Eng.]
Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) 
lurker n. One of the `silent majority' in an electronic forum; one who
posts occasionally or not at all but is known to read the group's
postings regularly. This term is not pejorative and indeed is casually
used reflexively: "Oh, I'm just lurking." Often used in `the lurkers',
the hypothetical audience for the group's flamage-emitting regulars.
When a lurker speaks up for the first time, this is called `delurking'.
The creator of the popular science-fiction TV series "Babylon 5" has
ties to SF fandom and the hacker culture. In that series, the use of the
term `lurker' for a homeless or displaced person is a conscious
reference to the jargon term.
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