Nethead

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An obsessive Internet user. slang

    "This is, after all, a gathering of a typical fraternity of netheads, those Internet-obsessed students who every night fill the large computer labs sprinkled throughout campus."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of nethead. alt-of

    "To see why Al “My Way Is the Highway” Gore and 50,000 other Netheads from across the country have dialed into Monta Vista this year, point your web-browser to http:"

  3. 3
    A supporter of the Internet and its flexibility and technical underpinnings, contrasted with Bellhead (a supporter of traditional centralized telecommunications networks). slang

Example

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"This is, after all, a gathering of a typical fraternity of netheads, those Internet-obsessed students who every night fill the large computer labs sprinkled throughout campus."

Etymology

From net + -head.

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