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Now, be nice to me -- I tried googling it with various pertinent qualifiers, but everything I found was either about an insect or the words "may fly."
Is this a Hatrack term or some kind of universal Internet slang?
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I've often wondered the same thing, but have never been curious enough to actually click on one of the threads that say "Mayfly" in them.
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Maybe if I would do some more reading and actually figure out what a mayfly is used for in fly fishing I'd be able to figure it out--but I'm lazy and would rather have someone 'splain it to me!
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A "mayfly" is a post that will probably be deleted soon, by the person who started the post. It is intended for getting a quick answer, perhaps, or for "putting a shout out" to another member.
It is called mayfly after the bug of the same name that has a remarkably short lifespan.
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