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sockpuppet

An false online identity used for the purposes of deception, like lonelygirl15, it is typically created by a person or group in order to promote their own opinions or views. It's a reference to the manipulation of a simple hand puppet made from a sock and originally referred to a false identity assumed by a member of an Internet community who spoke to,...

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NetLingo Word of the Year 2024


Word of the Year: brat

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The year 2024 was quite the spectacle! From the Summer Olympics and Taylor Swift to the Solar Eclipse and the Ongoing Wars... still, one thing stood out the most: the U.S. Election. Once Biden stepped down and Harris stepped up, U.S. politics dominated the media. No wonder a grrl needed a "brat summer" to tune out and party on! Find out why brat made NetLingo's Word of the Year...

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