SPNAK

English

Etymology

Deliberate misspelling of spank.

Noun

SPNAK (countable and uncountable, plural SPNAKs)

1. (Internet slang) On Usenet, a situation where one of the participants in a dispute (especially a flame war) claims victory after the other party appears to stop engaging due to a perceived inability to present new arguments.

   to declare (a) SPNAK; to claim (a) SPNAK

   • 2000 December 17, anonymous author, “Re: SLUTFUCKER FAILS TO SHOW”, in alt.flamenet‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Let's make it 10pm, I've sort of already designated that time frame (from 10 to 12) as kook parade time. Better be there Slutfucker, or I'll claim SPNAK on yer dumb ass...again.

Interjection

SPNAK

1. (Internet slang) Used to declare SPNAK on someone.
   • 1999 August 19, £unar §aber™, “I hereby declare SPNAK on Technocunter Neidork”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Neidork is convinced that I've fucked up several times in this flamewar (i.e. his 'chickens are asexual' posts). I challenged him to compile a list of my posts in which I've fucked up as badly as him, or even at all. Three times, I put forth the challenge, and three times he ignored it. ¶ Guess what..... ¶ SPNAK.

Verb

SPNAK (third-person singular simple present SPNAKs, present participle SPNAKing, simple past and past participle SPNAKed or SPNAK'ed or SPNAK'd)

1. (transitive, Internet slang) To declare SPNAK on (someone).
   • 1999 December 1, The Mak, “Re: Playstation VS. Nintendo64”, in alt.games.video.nintendo-64‎^[3] (Usenet):

     This is Usenet, you may do whatever the fuck you want as long as it isn't illegal, spamming, trolling, or violating your ISP's TOS. One must be prepared to defend him himself or be "SPNAK-ed" from the group.