keyboard warrior
A person who behaves aggressively or in an inflammatory manner in online textbased…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.
» Tom is a keyboard warrior.
Meaning
1 senses(Internet, 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.
Near-synonyms: keyboard cowboy, chronically online, terminally online
Tastenkrieger, Tastaturkrieger
клавиату́рный во́инklaviatúrnyj vóin
Examples
2 sentencesTom is a keyboard warrior.
Keyboard warriors are dying now that their IP addresses have been made public.
Translations
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plural: keyboard warriors| Singular | keyboard warrior |
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