screwtape

English - English

Definition of screwtape in English English dictionary

To bump a particularly old topic thread on the internet or in an electronic forum, by posting an ironic or humorous reply to a previous message

To mess things up, to corrupt, to be devilish

Etymology

() See the C. S. Lewis book, The Screwtape Letters, from the compound of screw + tape. The internet sense is thought to have originated on the internet Flintstones forum, Pebblescrap.