r0dent

English

Etymology

Early leetspeak rendering of rodent.

Noun

r0dent (plural r0dents)

1. (dated, bulletin board system slang, leetspeak, derogatory) A person lacking in maturity, social skills, technical competence or intelligence; lamer. [mid 1980s-mid 1990s]
   • 1985, "Shooting Shark", Real R0dent’s Guide:

     Real Rodents call OSUNY, read all the messages, and then post messages stating that they'd like to trade Commodore software.… Real Rodents don't understand the concept of the "*" command, so they select each board systematically until they come to the board they want.… If you keep these generalities in mind, in no time you will be able to call yourself and others a REAL R0DENT!

   • 1993, Chrome Sync, “Help on choosing mutual funds”, in misc.invest (Usenet):

     If you're here to feel like a *BIG MAN* for making threats, skag off, r0dent.

   • 2002, "555 RGNE" quoting "SlantEye", Urgent News Flash (on newsgroup alt.troll):

     I would have responded to the r0dent’s post to clarify but I felt it didn't deserve a reply from me...

   • 2004, Jamie Fristrom/James David King, Dionysus Logged Out, page 14:

     There was already a crack for it on the warez BBSs but half the fun of a computer game is trying to crack it yourself. I guessed the ChatNetters were right, I was a r0dent.