1. whack a mole
[from the carnival game which involves quickly and repeatedly
hitting the heads of mechanical moles with a mallet as they pop up from
their holes.] 1. The practice of repeatedly causing spammers'
throwaway accounts and drop boxes to be terminated.
2. After sense 1 became established in the mid-1990s the term passed
into more generalized use, and now is commonly found in such combinations
as whack-a-mole windows; the
obnoxious pop-up advertisement windows spawned in flocks when you surf to
sites like Angelfire or Lycos.
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