Meaning

A pseudonym that one uses in an online forum or website..

Example Sentences

Maybe all the potential terrorists she ever identified were a ghostly as herself; other spooks in other offices, who were sending her own webname upstrem even as she was sending theirs.

The poem can also be taken as an example of self-reflexivity in poetry, as the phrase “training piglets to fly in the sky” is, regardless of any metaphorical implications, the author's chosen webname.

Here he describes the aftermath of an erotic encounter with a man known only by his webname, 'builtlikeatruck', an encounter that culminated in his attempt to burn down his client's business:

Word Forms

• webnames

When Should You Use Webname?

Use webname when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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