Faux HTML Tags: Difference between revisions

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Oftentimes the opening tag will be omitted and only the closing tag will be there, as a kind of self-conscious [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade hung]] on the preceding flame/rant/etc.

Can also be used in [[Image Macro|image macros]]; [http://icanhascheezburger.com/category/html/ here] are some examples. Note that not all edited photos are image macros: Some humorous pictures are seen on the 'Net, such as a man with "</head> <body>" tatooed on his neck or a tombstone with "</life>".

Can also be used in [[Image Macro|image macros]]; [https://web.archive.org/web/20080408140049/http://icanhascheezburger.com/category/html/ here] are some examples. Note that not all edited photos are image macros: Some humorous pictures are seen on the 'Net, such as a man with "</head> <body>" tatooed on his neck or a tombstone with "</life>".

Anti-war candidate Darcy Burner wore a T-shirt with </WAR> on it in several photos.

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but that usage has largely been supplanted by more-approachable HTML.

Also known as [http://www.langmaker.com/db/Ostensible_Markup_Language Ostensible Markup Language], although it's not the only meaning of that phrase.

Also known as [http://www.langmaker.com/db/Ostensible_Markup_Language Ostensible Markup Language]{{Dead link}}, although it's not the only meaning of that phrase.

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