Citations:semirant

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English citations of semirant

Noun: "(informal, chiefly Internet) a mild or brief rant"[edit]

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  • 1997 May 6, Charles Albert Mangin, “Mush/Musecode archive ?”, in rec.games.mud.tiny[1] (Usenet):
    anyhoo, just my little semirant..
  • 1997 August 4, Bruce Adelsohn, “Re: Filking Subculture. Workshops? (was "good enough for filk")”, in rec.music.filk[2] (Usenet):
    [philosophical semirant mode ON]
  • 1998 July 9, Netdancer2 [username], “Re: support?? <Sigh. Repost>”, in alt.support.dissociation[3] (Usenet):
    <Semirant that was nicely expressive snipped>
  • 1999 February 19, Userseb [username], “Re: What annoys you about newbie Tribesmen ??”, in alt.games.starsiege.tribes[4] (Usenet):
    <end of semirant>
  • 2001 November 28, Frank Shearar, “Re: Interfaces”, in borland.public.delphi.oodesign[5] (Usenet):
    <snip my semirant and Joanna's example of "weak reference"
  • 2011Mark America, Remixthebook, University of Minnesota Press (2011), →ISBN, page 187:
    that even this semirant wanting to be
    poetry narrative philosophy theory memoir