ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Nethead

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Nethead is a noun meaning (slang) An obsessive Internet user.

Meaning

(slang) An obsessive Internet user.

More Meanings

  1. (slang) A supporter of the Internet and its flexibility and technical underpinnings, contrasted with Bellhead (a supporter of traditional centralized telecommunications networks).

Example Sentences

This is, after all, a gathering of a typical fraternity of netheads, those Internet-obsessed students who every night fill the large computer labs sprinkled throughout campus.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nuthead, netster, nut-head, netcop, netpicker, nettie.

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