whack-a-mole

Arabic translation: It's a game

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English term or phrase:	whack-a-mole
Arabic translation:	It's a game
Entered by:	Khalid Hantash

18:59 Oct 10, 2004

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English term or phrase: whack-a-mole

Let me at that whack-a-mole

Khalid Hantash
Palestine

It's a game

Explanation:
Whack A Mole! To play, just click on the moles as they pop up to whack them.
New Version! Now with sound!
http://www.jebikes.com/java/WhackAMole/

You can see and play the game here

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Note added at 16 mins (2004-10-10 19:15:59 GMT)
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But I have no idea what your sentence really means.

whack-a-mole n. [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-ip advertisement windows spawned in flocks when you surg to sites like Geocities or Tripod.
3. The Whack-A-Mole Defense , the act of mirroring unpopular/illegal information so widely across the internet, that the authorities efforts to suppress it mimic the aformentioned game.

They can\'t get us all!
http://www.geocities.com/whackmol/

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Melanie Nassar
United States
Local time: 08:02

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thanks
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5 +2

whack-a-mole

Sabry Hameed

4 +1

It's a game

Melanie Nassar

3 +1

maybe this would help?

algtranslator

3 +1

شخص بغيض

Nesrin

Discussion entries: 1

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13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

whack-a-mole

Explanation:
It is a name of a game

You can leave it as it is or transliterate it
"واكا مول"

Reference: http://www.jebikes.com/java/WhackAMole/

Sabry Hameed
Egypt
Local time: 08:02
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 36

13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

It's a game

Melanie Nassar
United States
Local time: 08:02
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

thanks

24 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

maybe this would help?

Explanation:
Whack-a-mole is the pursuit of a particular person known to have sent spam. The name refers to an arcade game where the player gains points by using a mallet to whack mechanical moles as they pop out of their holes. It is the job of the individual engaged in whack-a-mole to stop the spammer by notifying the Internet service provider (ISP) that provides the spammer's e-mail service. Like the moles in the arcade game, it is expected that an enthusiastic spammer who has been whacked (kicked off one ISP for spamming) will most likely pop up again by getting another account from which to spam. Pursuit of an individual spammer can be tedious, but believers in whack-a-mole feel their effort is worth it. Stopping a spammer, even temporarily, not only will inconvenience the spammer, but will cost the person sending spam time and money. Whack-a-mole players feel that if enough people pursue e-mail abusers who send spam, it is likely the spammers will either run out of time or suitable alternatives for e-mail access.
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Source: Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

whack-a-mole n. [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.

Reference: http://dict.die.net/whack-a-mole/
Reference: http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/gDefinition/0,294236,si...

algtranslator
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

French

52 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

شخص بغيض

Explanation:
Based on the explanation provided by "algtranslator" above,
هو شخص بغيض متطفل يصعب التخلص منه

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Note added at 1 hr 25 mins (2004-10-10 20:24:50 GMT)
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To put the sentence in colloquial Egyptian (As I understand it, no context given!!):
سيبوني على الشخص الرِزل ده!

Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:02
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 44

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