meaning of twilight zone

1. twilight zone [IRC] Notionally, the area of cyberspace where IRC operators live. An op is said to have a "connection to the twilight zone". [Jargon File] twink /twink/ [UCSC] Equivalent to read-only user. Also reported on the Usenet group soc. motss; may derive from gay slang for a cute young thing with nothing upstairs compare mainstream "chick". twinning Keeping a mirror of a magnetic tape.
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the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions usually containing some features of both; "but there is still a twilight zone, the tantalizing occurrences that are probably noise noise but might possibly be a signal"; "in the twilight zone between humor and vulgarity"; "in that no mans land between negotiation and ">aggression"


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