sci.langer

noun

A participant in the Usenet newsgroup sci.lang.

Meanings

nounsci.langer (plural sci.langers)

plural sci.langers

  1. InternetA participant in the Usenet newsgroup sci.lang.

    Yusuf is basically a sci.langer, but he comes here from time to time.)

    2013 April 1, Athel Cornish-Bowden, “The Quran...A Book You Can Believe In”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet), retrieved 28 Apr 2022
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    Not everyone here is a veteran sci.langer; certain topics will resurface again and again at the instigation of newbies (or even old timers). Believe me, I feel the pain of those self same veterans who must compell themselves to slog through yet another long thread on Esperanto or protoGreek or whatever.

    1999 February 4, Padraic Brown, “Criticisms of Esperanto in sci.lang”, in sci.lang (Usenet), retrieved 28 Apr 2022

    Javi is a sci.langer; I don't recognize the other name, sorry. You've commented on the Jerry subthread?

    2004 January 22, Peter T. Daniels, “raisin secs”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet), retrieved 28 Apr 2022

Origin

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APA

sci.langer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sci.langer

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“sci.langer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sci.langer. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sci.langer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sci.langer.

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