screenname
screenname noun: a string of characters used to identify a user of a bulletin board, e-mail etc; a pseudonym used for online communication.
Noun
screenname (plural screennames)
- a string of characters used to identify a user of a bulletin board, e-mail etc; a pseudonym used for online communication.
- 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...2020, Lee Williams, "Inside the Incelosphere: Tracing the Origins and Navigating the Contradictions", thesis submitted to the University of Regina, pages 93-94
Forms of screenname
| plural | screennames |
|---|---|
| alternative form | screen name |
Origin of screenname
From screen + name.
Questions about screenname
- What does screenname mean?
- Screenname means a string of characters used to identify a user of a bulletin board, e-mail etc; a pseudonym used for online communication.
- What part of speech is screenname?
- Screenname is a noun.
- What is the plural of screenname?
- The plural of screenname is screennames.
Words near screenname in the dictionary
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