deletia

(idea) by Jargon Thu Jul 19 2001 at 7:15:40

dehose = D = deliminator

deletia n. /d*-lee'sha/

[USENET; common] In an email reply, material omitted from the quote of the original. Usually written rather than spoken; often appears as a pseudo-tag or ellipsis in the body of the reply, as "[deletia]" or "<deletia>" or "<snip>".

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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