sockpuppetry
sockpuppetry noun: the use of sock puppets.
Noun
sockpuppetry (uncountable)
- The use of sock puppets.
- The use of pseudonymous online accounts for abuse.
- The facelessness of the internet makes sockpuppetry all too tempting for many.2007, Jonathon Keats, Control + Alt + Delete: A Dictionary of Cyberslang, →ISBN
- Could a user simply award herself a pile of barnstars the way a mega-lomanical^([sic]) dictator can adorn himself with military ribbons? Yes, but that would defeat the point—and would require a bit of prohibited “sock puppetry,” as the user would need to create alter identities so the page's edit...2008, Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It, →ISBN
Forms of sockpuppetry
| alternative form | sock puppetry |
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Origin of sockpuppetry
From sock puppet + -ry, under influence from puppetry.
Questions about sockpuppetry
- What does sockpuppetry mean?
- Sockpuppetry means the use of sock puppets.
- What part of speech is sockpuppetry?
- Sockpuppetry is a noun.
Words near sockpuppetry in the dictionary
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