samefag

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English

Etymology

From same +‎ -fag.

Noun

samefag (plural samefags)

  1. (Internet slang, 4chan, vulgar) Someone who replies to their own post on 4chan pretending to be a different user.
    • 2014, The Legacy of Totalitarianism in a Tundra, Morrisville, N.C.: Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 448:
      The board (or possibly just a samefag?) had spoken: Tao Lin had won.
  • 2022, Dillon Ludemann, And Their Name Was Legion: Discourse and Politics on 4chan’s /Pol/ Board (thesis), page 51:
    On /pol/, 4chan discursive practices, such as the calling out and isolation of an accused or alleged "samefag," become complicated processes. Though on other boards that have neither flags nor thread IDs, there are still processes by which a user distinguishes that they are not samefagging, on /pol/ there is often a much more concerted effort to engage with these accusations. The samefag accusation is a common one within 4chan, and this example highlights common response and insult chains between these two (or more) users.
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