screenname

See also: screen name

English

Etymology

From screen +‎ name.

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).

Synonyms

• screen name

Translations

identity for internet communications

• Japanese: ハンドルネーム (ja) (handoru nēmu)

Anagrams

• remanences