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Definition of avatar
avatar
noun
- an icon, pictorial, or 3D representation of a person online. In the online gaming community, for example, one's character as seen by other players is one's avatar. Origin: in Hindu mythology, an avatar is a physical incarnation of a deity on earth.
Her game avatar was getting its butt kicked.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Jan 12 2003. Submitted by Ray G. from Seattle, WA, USA on Jan 12 2003.
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Other terms relating to 'computer slang': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "upload". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "in real life". | |
| Definitions include: a cable connector device with either two male or two female connectors on it, used to connect mismatched cables. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "friend of a friend". | |
| Definitions include: "okay, thanks, bye." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "do the right thing". | |
| Definitions include: From Dilbert's boss in the Dilbert comic strip. | |
| Definitions include: a test of a new, repaired, or modified piece of electronic equipment whereby power is turned on, and people nearby look for smoke. | |
| Definitions include: the condition where more and more features get added to a system that it becomes difficult to use, requires more computer resources, etc. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "as far as I can see". | |
| Definitions include: software that has had features disabled to entice people to upgrade to a for-pay or more expensive version. | |
| Definitions include: "from what I understand". | |
| Definitions include: an HP-UX computer. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "right now". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "eat shit and die". | |
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| Definitions include: to masturbate. | |
| Definitions include: cigarette lighter. | |
| Definitions include: begging. | |
| Definitions include: to speak unwisely. | |
| Definitions include: in collusion. | |
| Definitions include: To procrastinate over a task or to completely forget it. | |
| Definitions include: When a man shoots his semen or cum on or in woman. | |
| Definitions include: In the RN/RM, 'Baby's Head' refers to tinned steak and kidney pudding which was in ration packs until the change to dehydrated rations. | |
| Definitions include: the practice of rubbing the vulvas together to produce orgasm. | |
| Definitions include: sneakers, primarily Converse sneakers. |
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