Definitions
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- noun Internet, Internet slang The power of a
sysop toblock a user or potential user from participating at awebsite . - verb Internet, Internet slang, transitive To
block a user from participating at awebsite .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And we all know the ultimate point of the banhammer is to remove problematic members from the comment pool, as to avoid future altercations.
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Xbox live, Stephen Toulouse is widely known for wielding the "banhammer" -- that is being the guy who comes down on cheaters and those who harass people over the online service.
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You've got to pay a real human being to unleash the power of the "banhammer" when @rk@n@ught_6937 threatens sexual violence against another user's pets in a discussion thread about a software patch.
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International: The Privacy Wars I: Warcraft 2010
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You've got to pay a real human being to unleash the power of the "banhammer" when @rk@n@ught_6937 threatens sexual violence against another user's pets in a discussion thread about a software patch.
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International: The Privacy Wars I: Warcraft 2010
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Secondly, this is twice now that you've threatened the "banhammer," and on both occassions based on a grotesque misunderstanding of my position.
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Secondly, this is twice now that you've threatened the "banhammer," and on both occassions based on a grotesque misunderstanding of my position.
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Secondly, this is twice now that you've threatened the "banhammer," and on both occassions based on a grotesque misunderstanding of my position.
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Secondly, this is twice now that you've threatened the "banhammer," and on both occassions based on a grotesque misunderstanding of my position.
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Secondly, this is twice now that you've threatened the "banhammer," and on both occassions based on a grotesque misunderstanding of my position.
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Secondly, this is twice now that you've threatened the "banhammer," and on both occassions based on a grotesque misunderstanding of my position.
qms commented on the word banhammer
Protect us from Polish spam mills,
Purveyors of nostrums and pills.
Oh, heed your fan clamor
To bring the banhammer
And cast out the scammers and shills.
November 23, 2016
TankHughes commented on the word banhammer
I've been told that this is very 1999 slang, and that my colleague prefers the slightly more recent 2000s version, b&, pronounced bampersand.
November 23, 2016
ry commented on the word banhammer
This word is still in high frequency usage in video gaming contexts, from my observation. Blogs and such, it does seem a little dated, recalling to mind things like Geocities and latter Usenet. I don't think it was much in common usage at all prior to 2000, though. It's not in the jargon file, which is telling.
November 24, 2016