Meanings
noundelurker (plural delurkers)
plural delurkers
- InternetOne who delurks.
One is how the delurker carried out the delurking action, i.e. how they presented themselves to the group for the first time. The other is how the group received them.
2012, Christopher Lueg, Danyel Fisher, From Usenet to CoWebs: Interacting with Social Information Spaces
Origin
Cite this entry
APA
delurker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delurker
MLA
“delurker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delurker. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “delurker,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delurker.
Source: delurker on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.