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silver surfer

silver surfer noun: an elderly person who regularly uses the Internet.

Noun

silver surfer (plural silver surfers)

  1. (informal) An elderly person who regularly uses the Internet.

Forms of silver surfer

pluralsilver surfers

Origin of silver surfer

A pun, combining an allusion to the typical silver color of an elderly person's hair, and the notion of surfing the Internet, with the name of a comic-book character, The Silver Surfer.

Questions about silver surfer

What does silver surfer mean?
Silver surfer means an elderly person who regularly uses the Internet.
What part of speech is silver surfer?
Silver surfer is a noun.
What is the plural of silver surfer?
The plural of silver surfer is silver surfers.

Words near silver surfer in the dictionary

  1. Silver Street
  2. silver sulfide
  3. silver sulfides
  4. silver sulphide
  5. silver sulphides
  6. silver surfer
  7. silver surfers
  8. silver swaddler
  9. silver swaddlers
  10. silver thatch
  11. silver thatches

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