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We call it 'The hug of death' here.

• deleted 9y ago
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• chrisweekly 9y ago
  'slashdotted' works just as well (and is even preferred by many)
  • kevin_thibedeau 9y ago
    Except that Slashdot doesn't have a userbase capable of bringing a server to it's knees anymore.
    • Fnoord 9y ago
      Hardly a unique phenomenon. In society we have so many terms as a nod to their (deceased) inventor(s), or as a nod to a (deceased) person of interest.
      • eesmith 9y ago
        "She had her moment in the limelight." - "Limelight" hasn't been used for stage lighting (or anything like it) in over a century. "The application is tied up in red tape." - "Red tape" as a binding for important documents is now little used outside of handful of places. "The company bigwigs fired half the staff." - Once upon a time, people in authority wore wigs as a symbol of authority. Now it's limited to a few legal and parliamentary systems; CEOs and the like don't wear them.
• gpvos 9y ago
  Wikipedia still sees "slashdotting" as the general term.