screenname

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Etymology

From screen +‎ name.

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Noun

screenname (plural screennames)

  1. (computing) a string of characters used to identify a user of a bulletin board, e-mail etc.
    • 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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