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burner account

burner account noun: an anonymous account (typically on a social media website) used (temporarily) for activities that the user does not desire to have tied to their main account.

Noun

burner account (plural burner accounts)

  1. (Internet, informal) An anonymous account (typically on a social media website) used (temporarily) for activities that the user does not desire to have tied to their main account.
    • Another area that sports organizations need to consider with risk assessment is the emergence of burner accounts (i.e., social media accounts that a person operates under a fake name, which allows them to post things the may not be willing to post from their identified account). NBA player Kevin...2021 July 26, Gashaw Abeza, Norman O'reilly, Jimmy Sanderson, Evan Frederick, Social Media In Sport: Theory And Practice (Emerging Issues And Trends In Sport Business), World Scientific, →ISBN, page...
    Synonyms:
    burner, throwaway

Synonyms of burner account

Forms of burner account

pluralburner accounts

Questions about burner account

What does burner account mean?
Burner account means an anonymous account (typically on a social media website) used (temporarily) for activities that the user does not desire to have tied to their main account.
What part of speech is burner account?
Burner account is a noun.
What is the plural of burner account?
The plural of burner account is burner accounts.

Words near burner account in the dictionary

  1. burned-over district
  2. burnedness
  3. burnedst
  4. Burnell
  5. burner
  6. burner account
  7. burner accounts
  8. burner phone
  9. burner phones
  10. burnerless
  11. burners

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