slashdot

Etymology
After , a site that commonly links to other, smaller sites.

Verb

 * 1)  To render a website slow or unusable via the unusually large number of page requests that result from a link on a very popular web site.
 * 2) * 2002, Shelley Powers et al., Unix Power Tools
 * If these numbers are significantly higher than normal usage, something is amiss (perhaps your web server has been slashdotted).
 * 1) * [2003], 2006 Matthew Strebe, The Best of SlashNOT, 2002–2005
 * And that guy is supposed to be thrilled to lose both his inbound and outbound connections and e-mail for the joy of having been slashdotted.
 * 1) * 2005, Ivan Ristic, Apache Security
 * Sites that have been slashdotted report traffic between several hundred and several thousand hits per minute.
 * 1) * 2005, Charles Stross, Accelerando
 * Oh shit, thinks Manfred, better buy some more server time. He can recognize the signs: He's about to be slashdotted.