screenname.
a string of characters used to identify a user of a bulletin board, e-mail etc; a pseudonym used for online communication.
Meaning & usage
a string of characters used to identify a user of a bulletin board, e-mail etc; a pseudonym used for online communication.
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).
Where this word comes from
From screen + name.
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