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This guy's IRL name already is a powerword.
This guy's IRL name already is a powerword.
This guy's too.
This guy's too.
Power Word
Power Word
IRL NAMES
IRL NAMES

The Powerword: Real Name is one of the most powerful spells in an internet wizard's arsenal. Most people believe that the relative anonymity of the net allows them to indulge their most perverted and unacceptable desires without consequence. However, since these same people are not elite hackers who have taken Computer Science III, they don't realize how easy it is for a highly motivated team of Hackers on Steroids, like for instance Anonymous or Bantown, to track down their dox and reveal all to the world.

Revealing to your victim that you know their Powerword: Real Name will cause them to panic, as they suddenly confront the possibility that their Furaffinity posts or the Eagle-Fox hydrid voraphile naughty pictures on their DeviantArt account could be sent to their IRL co-workers and friends. Their typical reaction will be to DELETE EVERYTHING - fortunately, most good trolls take screenshots.

Sauce

The name is fashioned after Dungeons & Dragons, where several high-level magic-user spells are called "Power Words" because they cause a given effect with just a single word ("Power Word: Kill" being the most 1337).

According to the secret policy document owned by LJ Abuse, but not the actual LJ TOS, using a person's real name on LJ is a suspendable offense. According to a not-so-secret Whatport80 policy, it definitely is a bannable offense here, so don't do it.

For Example

Compare for dramatic effect:

using their handle
Wow, SexySherilyn17F, you certainly are messed up.
to using their real name
Wow, Tony Sidaway, you certainly are messed up.


See Also

  • Billy J, the harsh realities of PW-RL Name


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