[W/K] :: domainist

  domainist /doh-mayn'ist/ adj. 1. [Usenet, by pointed analogy with
     "sexist", "racist", etc.] Someone who judges people by the domain of
     their email addresses; esp. someone who dismisses anyone who posts from
     a public internet provider. "What do you expect from an article posted
     from aol.com?" 2. Said of an {Internet address (as opposed to a bang
     path) because the part to the right of the `@' specifies a nested
     series of `domains'; for example,  specifies the
     machine called snark in the subdomain called thyrsus within the
     top-level domain called com. See also big-endian, sense 2.
  
     The meaning of this term has drifted. At one time sense 2 was primary.
     In elder days it was also used of a site, mailer, or routing program
     which knew how to handle domainist addresses; or of a person (esp. a
     site admin) who preferred domain addressing, supported a domainist
     mailer, or proselytized for domainist addressing and disdained bang
     paths. These senses are now (1996) obsolete, as effectively all sites
     have converted.
  
  

  domainist
       
           /doh-mayn'ist/ 1. Said of a domain address (as
          opposed to a bang path) because the part to the right of the
          "@" specifies a nested series of "domains"; for example,
          esr@snark.thyrsus.com specifies the machine called snark in
          the subdomain called thyrsus within the top-level domain
          called com.  See also big-endian.
       
          2. Said of a site, mailer or routing program which knows how
          to handle domainist addresses.
       
          3. Said of a person (especially a site admin) who prefers
          domain addressing, supports a domainist mailer, or
          proselytises for domainist addressing and disdains bang
          paths.  This term is now (1993) semi-obsolete, as most sites
          have converted.
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
          (1995-04-21)