Meanings
plural screenies
- informalA screenshot.
- informalA screensaver.
- informalSomeone who spends a lot of time in front of a (television or computer) screen.
The study found three clusters of boys: 'sporties', 'screenies' and 'autonomes' (the last group spending a lot of time in self-starting pursuits, either by themselves or with peers).
2013, Tony Ward, Sport in Australian National Identity: Kicking Goals, Routledge, →ISBN1 more example
Screenies: these boys spent very large amounts of time in front of a screen of some sort — 10 per cent of boys spend over seven hours every day in front of a screen — but had low levels of physical activity and sleep.
2012, Phillip T. Slee, Marilyn Campbell, Barbara Spears, Child, Adolescent and Family Development, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 377
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