Definitions
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- noun Internet One who takes over a
discussion thread with a subject unrelated to the originalposting .
Etymologies
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Blend of thread and hijacker
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Examples
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oops, i've Just nOticed Here that I stopped talkiNg about subliMinal messages. yoU Surely have my from-The-Bottom-of-my-hEart apologieS and a True pledge never tO Play PErfiDious threadjacker. ever again!
"I understand that there's a deep human impulse to vehemently deny that subliminal messages are effective or even being attempted." Ann Althouse 2008
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anyone think the “General†might be Asswipe Vinaigrette, yesterday’s big threadjacker?
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