kill file

• killfile, kill-file

• enPR: kĭl′ fīl′
• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪl ˌfaɪ̯l/

  Audio (US):

  (file)

  (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪl ˌfʌɪ̯l/

  (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪl ˌfʌi̯l/, /ˈkɪl ˌfəi̯l/

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪl ˌfɑe̯l/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈkəl ˌfaɪ̯l/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪl ˌfajl/
• Hyphenation: kill file

kill file (plural kill files)

2. (Internet slang) A user's file listing the users of a newsgroup whose postings are to be ignored, or other criteria for ignoring posts.

   Synonyms: (slang) bozo filter, bozo bin; (uncommon) ignorelist, twitlist, twit list

kill file (third-person singular simple present kill files, present participle kill filing, simple past and past participle kill filed)

2. (transitive, Internet slang) To add (a user) to a kill file (sense 1).

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