McQuary limit

English

Etymology

After George F. McQuary, a frequent contributor to the newsgroup alt.fan.warlord where flamboyant signatures were criticised.

Proper noun

the McQuary limit

  1. (Internet, historical) The rule of netiquette stating that the text of a Usenet signature, or sig, should be less than 80 columns wide and no longer than four lines. [from 1992]
    • 1992 October 14, David Philip Langstaff, “Wanted...”, in alt.fan.warlord‎ (Usenet):
      Only 5 lines, so it just squeezes past the McQuary limit, but what a stylish BUAF for your collections, I only hope Kibo is reading.

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