Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Internet The act of taking over an e-mail list or discussion thread with a subject unrelated to the original posting.
Etymologies
- Blend of thread and hijacking (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In honour of Meade, I dub threadjacking Beijing Syndrome instead of Stockholm Syndrome, which that Patty Hearst had.”
“I’m really disappointed to read down this far and find that Petey’s attempted threadjacking is still unsuccessful, leaving me no entry point to celebrate my Raptors’ continued survival.”
“Which is a polite way of saying, “Stop threadjacking.””
I think MSNBC is trying to get the President shot at. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
“My understanding of “threadjacking” was lacking, as I said in my prior post.”
It’s not even a ‘Battle’ of the Signs. No contest. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
“We seem to be having a threadjacking problem today.”
“I just opened up this discussion to a threadjacking about whether or not liberals are al-Qaeda-incarnate-in-America.”
“Sorry if that constitutes “threadjacking,” but it was a point I wanted to make.”
Moveon.org zombie bites off health care protester’s finger. Wait, what? - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
“Bravo for a truly ham-fisted attempt at pedantic, po-faced threadjacking!”
“As I said, though, my main complaint is he is threadjacking, so I will threadjack no more.”
“Okay, threadjacking a bit, but why are the comment threads on posts about polls the ones that always bring out the dumbest comments from both sides (me not excluded)?”
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