/thread

Denotes that everything of worth has already been stated in a given message board thread.

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  1. Denotes that everything of worth has already been stated in a given message board thread.
    • /thread. Everybody, go home. - 2008 May 19, Nockermensch, “|[4E] Peeks at the books!”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet):

Origin

The use of a slash is derived from HTML code, where the character is used to indicate the end of an element (for example, </b> marks the end of bold formatting). See also < > .