Ban Hammer

Noun · Hacker Culture

Definitions

  1. The figurative tool wielded by moderators and administrators when they ban a user from a platform, forum, game, or community. "Dropping the ban hammer" implies swift, decisive, and often satisfying enforcement action against rule violators, trolls, or cheaters.

    In plain English: The imaginary hammer a moderator swings when they kick someone out of an online community for bad behavior.

    Example: "The mod dropped the ban hammer on 200 bot accounts in one sweep — the chat was clean for a whole 15 minutes."

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