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Callahanian
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English
Etymology
From en Callahan ian, after the fictional “Callahan’s Place” which appears in the Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon stories and the newsgroup is a simulation of.
Noun
A participant in the Usenet newsgroup alt.callahans.
en Callahaner
en 15 March 1990 Joseph L. Traub Pittsburgh Gathering alt.callahans https://groups.google.com/g/alt.callahans/c/XRmPZIbFviM/m/TH-3gISVIkwJ "This Saturday Evening (March 17) there will be a Pittsburgh IRC gathering. Callahanians, and TinyMudders are also welcome.. We can make arrangements to meet in Skibo (Scotland Yard sounds Great John, and from there move over to the place of the party."
en 21 July 1994 Speaker-to-Minerals S-t-M and everyone: Are feelings always rational? alt.callahans https://groups.google.com/g/alt.callahans/c/f7s_PYuLy5A/m/VU0OF-Q45MAJ So when I say: If {insert item to which numerous Callahanians are going to object} then {insert conclusion to which numerous Callahanians are also going to object} I *AM NOT* saying: Since {first item is true} {conclusion is true}. Unfortunately, you and a number of others don't seem capable of distinguishing between the two statements.
en 7 June 2010 jeanmacgreen Best Brains:Anyone Know About Going On Disability? alt.callahans https://groups.google.com/g/alt.callahans/c/_OcaJikZY1Y/m/5kjwKU0wPtMJ Hey Fellow Callahanians, The Cowardly RedHead returns once bearing questions for the members true blue of all things Callahan & Spider Robinson. My question is has anyone here had to go onto Disability or knows how to go through the process of dealing with bureaucrats that deign to notice the needs of someone who isn't visibly disabled?
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