Screenname

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    a string of characters used to identify a user of a bulletin board, e-mail etc.

    "Women “absolutely love playing the victim” a man using the screenname michael2222 vehemently claims, asserting that women have taken a men’s issue, Incel, and made it about themselves (through the creation of femcels) because “they feel the need to be victimized by absolutely everything” (November 12, 2019)."

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screen namescreen name

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"Women “absolutely love playing the victim” a man using the screenname michael2222 vehemently claims, asserting that women have taken a men’s issue, Incel, and made it about themselves (through the creation of femcels) because “they feel the need to be victimized by absolutely everything” (November 12, 2019)."

Etymology

From screen + name.

Related phrases

bulletin boarde mail

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