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on main

on main prepositional phrase: expressed openly when one might normally desire privacy or anonymity.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (Internet) Expressed openly when one might normally desire privacy or anonymity.
    • online is my entire social life now so when people are horny on main it feels like seeing somebody walk down the street with their dick out2019, @VR0NLINE, quoted in Emma Maguire, "Thirsty Tweets Of The Week", Salient (Victoria University of Wellington), Volume 82, Issue 5 (2019), page 13
    • I don't pride myself on being anonymous and untraceable by the government, safe behind my anime avatar in online arguments and protected from being outed as "horny on main" on social media, […] r2020, Larson Hicks, "Suit Up", Etchings Literary Journal and Fine Arts Magazine (University of Indianapolis), Volume 32, Issue 2 (2020), page 4

Origin of on main

Ellipsis of horny on main, from the practice of posting salacious or controversial material on a primary social media account, rather than on an anonymous alternate account.

Words formed from on main

Questions about on main

What does on main mean?
On main means expressed openly when one might normally desire privacy or anonymity.
What part of speech is on main?
On main is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on main in the dictionary

  1. on loan
  2. on lobby terms
  3. on location
  4. on long-term sick
  5. on loop
  6. on main
  7. on mass
  8. on memo
  9. on message
  10. on my life
  11. on net

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