keyboard warrior

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keyboard warrior (plural keyboard warriors)

1. (informal, derogatory) A person who behaves aggressively or in an inflammatory manner in online textbased discussion media, but does not behave similarly in real life, potentially due to cowardice, introversion or shyness.

   Hypernym: troll

   • 2021 January 17, Kevin Roose, “A QAnon ‘Digital Soldier’ Marches On, Undeterred by Theory’s Unraveling”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Others are newer converts who have only a vague idea how it all connects. There are law-abiding keyboard warriors as well as violent, unhinged radicals.

Related terms

• keyboard army
• keyboard cowboy

 

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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鍵盤俠／键盘侠 (zh) (jiànpánxiá), 鍵盤戰士／键盘战士 (jiànpán zhànshì)

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• Georgian: კლავიატურის ბიჭი (ḳlaviaṭuris bič̣i)
• German: Tastenkrieger m, Tastaturkrieger m
• Italian: leone da tastiera
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• Mongolian: гарын дайчин (garyn dajčin)
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• Turkish: klavye delikanlısı
• Vietnamese: anh hùng bàn phím (vi)