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{{quote|'''OP (name redacted)''' Has anyone noticed that [[Twitter]]-style hashtags have replaced HTML-style coding as meta-commentary on the internet? |
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This used to be done with faux C preprocessor directives, e.g.: |
This used to be done with faux C preprocessor directives, e.g.: |
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{{quote|#ifdef FLAME |
{{quote|<nowiki>#</nowiki>ifdef FLAME |
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[[Flame War|flame flame flame]] |
[[Flame War|flame flame flame]] |
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#endif }} |
<nowiki>#</nowiki>endif }} |
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but that usage has largely been supplanted by more-approachable HTML. |
but that usage has largely been supplanted by more-approachable HTML. |
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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], although it's not the only meaning of that phrase. |
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OP (name redacted) Has anyone noticed that Twitter-style hashtags have replaced HTML-style coding as meta-commentary on the internet? —Fail Blog
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On blogs and Internet discussion forums, when participants use the SGML-style tags popularized by HTML (or sometimes BB Code-style tags) to accentuate their messages.
For example <sarcasm>...</sarcasm> and <rant>...</rant>.
Sometimes these tags can include attributes such as <flame tone="angry">...</flame>.
Oftentimes the opening tag will be omitted and only the closing tag will be there, as a kind of self-conscious lampshade hung on the preceding flame/rant/etc.
Can also be used in image macros; 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.
Adam Savage frequently wears a T-shirt that states <mythbuster> "Am I missing an eyebrow?" </mythbuster>.
</unsubscribe> is occasionally used on Usenet to indicate that one is unsubscribing from a thread. However, the proper use should be either </subscribe> (to indicate that the subscription is ending) or <unsubscribe /> (XML empty tag to indicate an unsubscription). It probably means, though, that the person has just finished the process of unsubscribing. </JustifyingEdit>
This used to be done with faux C preprocessor directives, e.g.:
#ifdef FLAME |
but that usage has largely been supplanted by more-approachable HTML.
Also known as Ostensible Markup Language, although it's not the only meaning of that phrase.