May 15, 2003

person of no account

n.

[University of California at Santa Cruz] Used when referring to a person with no network address, frequently to forestall confusion. Most often as part of an introduction: This is Bill, a person of no account, but he used to be bill@random.com. Compare return from the dead.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:35 AM

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