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dickover _ : a modal panel, popover, or curtain presented by a website or > app, deliberately obscuring its own content to frustrate the user with an >...

Date: May 29, 2026

[38;2;248;248;242m│ [0mdickover [3mn.[0m : a modal panel, popover, or curtain presented by a website or app, deliberately obscuring its own content to frustrate the user with an unwanted, unnecessary, mandatory interaction; e.g. asking the user to accept “cookies”, subscribe to a newsletter, install the website’s mobile app, agree to terms of service, or anything else that the user couldn’t give two shits about.
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