screen name

or screenname

noun

, Digital Technology.

a unique sequence of characters that a person chooses to use for identification purposes when interacting with others online, as in computer games, instant messaging, or forums.

First recorded in 1920–25, for an earlier sense

That America Online made the screen name personal, which in turn made it particularly difficult to shed.

But because they wanted something friendlier, they came up with the nomenclature of ‘screen name.’

My login is my junior-high AOL screen name, which I always told people came from a nickname on the basketball team.

My screen name includes the word “kitty,” but I can't let it go!

Firstname7lastname (7 was my high-school soccer number) continues to be my screen name … as a grown-ass professional woman.

To save herself, she could not think of Kedzie's screen name.

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