Meanings
plural screennames · alternative screen name
- Internetcomputinga string of characters used to identify a user of a bulletin board, e-mail etc; a pseudonym used for online communication.
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2020, Lee Williams, "Inside the Incelosphere: Tracing the Origins and Navigating the Contradictions", thesis submitted to the University of Regina, pages 93-94: Women “absolutely love playing the victim” a man using the screenname michael2222 vehemently claims, asserting that women have taken a men’s issue, Incel, and made it about themselves (through the creation of femcels) because “they feel the need to be victimized by absolutely everything” (November 12, 2019).
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screenname. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screenname
“screenname.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screenname. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “screenname,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screenname.
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