sci.langer

English

Etymology

From sci.lang +‎ -er.

Noun

sci.langer (plural sci.langers)

1. (Internet slang) A participant in the Usenet newsgroup sci.lang.
   • 1999 February 4, Padraic Brown, “Criticisms of Esperanto in sci.lang”, in sci.lang‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-28:

     Not everyone here is a veteran sci.langer; certain topics will resurface again and again at the instigation of newbies (or even old timers). Believe me, I feel the pain of those self same veterans who must compell themselves to slog through yet another long thread on Esperanto or protoGreek or whatever.

   • 2004 January 22, Peter T. Daniels, “raisin secs”, in alt.usage.english‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-28:

     Javi is a sci.langer; I don't recognize the other name, sorry.
     You've commented on the Jerry subthread?

   • 2013 April 1, Athel Cornish-Bowden, “The Quran...A Book You Can Believe In”, in alt.usage.english‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-28:

     Yusuf is basically a sci.langer, but he comes here from time to time.)