Gubbah

Gubbah was a unique member punishment instituted by TFE as a way to deal with troublesome offenders unworthy of a permanent ban or account deletion. On being added to the Gubbah user group, the member gained a permanent avatar of Robin Williams and could only post in a single forum (usually chosen as the humorous Sewer  section). In addition, they were unable to use the private message system or edit their profiles or posts in anyway. At the same time, all other members had the ability to edit the posts of those in the Gubbah group, a situation with often amusing and humiliating ramifications. The punishment was devised as a way to avoid giving a melodramatic offender the martyrdom of banning and instead toying with them in a state of eternal purgatory.

The term Gubbah originated from member The Runnin' Man, being his offensive term for a mentally handicapped or seriously deficient person (and the noises they might make).