internym

plural internyms

1. InternetA phrase or epithet, particularly one intended to be witty, inserted in quotation marks between one's first and last names—or elsewhere by or in one's name, if this is not possible—at the end of a post.First known use 1997

   Madeleine "internym goes here" Page

   1997 July 29, Madeleine Page, “Photographs in bars”, in alt.folklore.urban (Usenet)

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   Madeleine "why don't we just call the damn thing the "internym"?" Page

   1997 February 23, Madeleine Page, “Epenthetics revisited”, in alt.folklore.urban (Usenet)

   I'm experimenting with the internym after seeing it so artfully used by others on other newsgroups.

   1998 October 19, Rick Denney, “Our RST "middle names"...”, in rec.sport.triathlon (Usenet)

   Michael "please destroy that message after reading[5]" Kuettner[6] […] [5] This internym was inserted by the NSA to discredit [1]

   2005 October 16, Michael Kuettner, “I know, it's not glass, but hey...”, in alt.folklore.urban (Usenet)