Meanings
plural Callahaners
- A participant in the Usenet newsgroup alt.callahans.
Are there any Callahaners in the Netherlands here who I could possibly say hello to if I do go?
1998 January 12, Elana who?, “Callahaners in the Netherlands?”, in alt.callahans (Usenet)2 more examples
I need to apologize in advance to my fellow Callahaners... I received many posts and mails to my initial message here, too many for me to answer. I wish I had the time to answer all of them individually! Please know, fellow Callahaners, that I appreciate every BOYC initally sent to me, and I thank you for all of them.
1998 August 5, [MorphBird] <morphbird@dreamcircle.com>, “HELLO: (for real) MorphBird flutters down to the bar”, in alt.callahans (Usenet)The now-fading discussions on Israel-Palestine didn't alter my opinion of matters there very much, but did teach me a bit more about the history of the region, about the attitudes and most of all, about my fellow Callahaners.
2002 April 15, Prophet, “Why are we here ? [Lounge-type question]”, in alt.callahans (Usenet)Synonyms: Callahanian
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA participant in the Usenet newsgroup alt.callahans.
Origin
From Callahan + -er, after the fictional “Callahan’s Place” which appears in the Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon stories and the newsgroup is a simulation of.
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