Meanings
- InternetExpressed openly when one might normally desire privacy or anonymity.
online is my entire social life now so when people are horny on main it feels like seeing somebody walk down the street with their dick out
2019, @VR0NLINE, quoted in Emma Maguire, "Thirsty Tweets Of The Week", Salient (Victoria University of Wellington), Volume 82, Issue 5 (2019), page 132 more examples
I don't pride myself on being anonymous and untraceable by the government, safe behind my anime avatar in online arguments and protected from being outed as "horny on main" on social media, […] r
2020, Larson Hicks, "Suit Up", Etchings Literary Journal and Fine Arts Magazine (University of Indianapolis), Volume 32, Issue 2 (2020), page 4Without dinners or parties to attend, social media is one of the few outlets we have left for titillation, is one of the few outlets we have left for titillation, with everyone suddenly becoming “horny on main” (internet-speak for displaying how horny you are in public, rather than on a secret private account.)
2020 May 30, Flora Gill, “Britain is hornier than ever (and we're not ashamed to say it)”, in The Times
Origin
Ellipsis of horny on main, from the practice of posting salacious or controversial material on a primary social media account, rather than on an anonymous alternate account.
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