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caps-locked

caps-locked adjective: typed with the Caps Lock mode turned on; written in all caps.

Adjective

caps-locked (not comparable)

  1. Typed with the Caps Lock mode turned on; written in all caps.
    • Typing using all capital letters in any sort of online correspondence usually is seen as the virtual equivalent of SHOUTING. For emphasis, bold type or italics always are preferable, because a caps-locked section of text is seen as both visually ugly and rude.2014, Gregory J. Touhill, C. Joseph Touhill, “Appendix B: General Rules for Email Etiquette: Sample Training Handout”, in Cybersecurity for Executives: A Practical Guide, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley &...
    • The Republican convention was a gruesome and tawdry spectacle. And everything was topped off with nothing more than a red hat with a badly kerned, caps-locked slogan.2017, Michael Bierut, “I’m with Her”, in Now You See It and Other Essays on Design, Hudson, NY: Princeton Architectural Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 217

Origin of caps-locked

From caps lock + -ed.

Questions about caps-locked

What does caps-locked mean?
Caps-locked means typed with the Caps Lock mode turned on; written in all caps.
What part of speech is caps-locked?
Caps-locked is an adjective.

Words near caps-locked in the dictionary

  1. caps of liberty
  2. caps of maintenance
  3. caps off
  4. caps on
  5. caps up
  6. caps-locked
  7. caps.
  8. capsaicin
  9. capsaicinoid
  10. capsaicinoids
  11. capsaicins

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