retread

n : an automobile tire that has been retreaded [syn: {recap}]

v 1: use again in altered form; "retread an old plot" [syn: {rework},

{make over}]

2: give new treads to (a tire) [syn: {remold}, {remould}]

netdead

[IRC] The state of someone who signs off {IRC}, perhaps during

a {netburp}, and doesn't sign back on until later. In the

interim, he is "dead to the net".

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