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internyms

internyms is the plural of internym.

Meaning of internym

Noun

internym (plural internyms)

  1. (Internet) A phrase or epithet, particularly one intended to be witty, inserted in quotation marks between one's first and last names—or elsewhere by or in one's name, if this is not possible—at the end of a post.
    • Madeleine "why don't we just call the damn thing the "internym"?" Page1997 February 23, Madeleine Page, “Epenthetics revisited”, in alt.folklore.urban (Usenet)

Questions about internyms

What is internyms the plural of?
Internyms is the plural of internym.

Words near internyms in the dictionary

  1. internuncioship
  2. internuncioships
  3. internuncius
  4. internuptial
  5. internym
  6. internyms
  7. interobject
  8. interobjective
  9. interobserver
  10. interoccasion
  11. interoccipital

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