cancelbombing
nounEtymology From cancel + bombing.
1
Internet A malicious technique whereby a large number of cancel messages are sent out to one or more Usenet newsgroups.
- NNTP-Posting-Host is the least forgeable and most reliable when dealing with spam (though somewhat less so when dealing with flooding, cancelbombing, and other more advanced forms of abuse).1998 October 26, Andrew Gierth, “Re: A way to deal with Supersedes: (was Re; Cat bathing)”, in news.software.nntp (Usenet):
- Related terms
- cancelbomb, cancelbomber, cancelbot