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terminally online

terminally online adjective: spending an inordinate amount of time on the Internet.

Adjective

terminally online (comparative more terminally online, superlative most terminally online)

  1. (derogatory, informal) Spending an inordinate amount of time on the Internet.
    • SNL and other late-night outlets have fitfully tried to evolve by hiring social-media-trained talents and targeting some sketches toward the terminally online crowd.2023 September 27, Spencer Kornhaber, “The Weirdos Living Inside Our Phones”, in The Atlantic
  2. (derogatory, informal) Characteristic of one who spends so much time online, to the extent of insane behaviour.
    • Near-synonyms: jobless, keyboard warrior

Synonyms of terminally online

Forms of terminally online

comparativemore terminally online
superlativemost terminally online

Questions about terminally online

What does terminally online mean?
Terminally online means spending an inordinate amount of time on the Internet.
What part of speech is terminally online?
Terminally online is an adjective.

Words near terminally online in the dictionary

  1. terminalizing
  2. terminalled
  3. terminalling
  4. terminally
  5. terminally ill
  6. terminally online
  7. terminals
  8. terminant
  9. terminatable
  10. terminate
  11. terminate with extreme prejudice

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