To kill an IRC robot or user and then take its place by
adopting its nick so that it cannot reconnect. Named after
a particular IRC user who did this to NickServ, the robot in
charge of preventing people from inadvertently using a nick
claimed by another user.
[Jargon File]
(1994-11-23)
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