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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jargon_bot ("Jeff’s JargonBot") wrote:
Beep. Boop. That's bot for 'I found something you should know': '(TM)' — [Usenet] ASCII rendition of the appended to phrases that the author feels should be recorded for posterity, perhaps in future editions of this lexicon. Sometimes used ironically as a form of protest against the recent spate of software and algorithm patents and look and feel lawsuits. See also UN*X.
http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/0/TM.html