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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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| Definitions include: acronym for "shaking my damn head". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "right now". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "problem exists between chair and keyboard". | |
| Definitions include: a "rule" of the internet stating that for any conceivable thing or situation, pornography has been created that depicts it. | |
| Definitions include: to accidentally press a button or key adjacent to the desired one, e.g. while typing on a keyboard or entering a phone number. | |
| Definitions include: "porn", i.e. pornography. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "ta-ta for now" (i.e. "goodbye for now.") | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "in case you missed it". | |
| Definitions include: features added to something to make it nicer, but which don't affect the core functionality. | |
| Definitions include: testing of a software application, performed on devices (such as computers and cell phones) made available to potential purchasers in retail stores. | |
| Definitions include: From the carnival / arcade game that involves hitting mechanical moles with a mallet as they pop up from their holes. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I miss you so fucking much." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "ass-to-mouth", i.e. a sex act in which anal sex is immediately followed by fellatio or cunnilingus. | |
| Definitions include: of an ongoing task, performed slowly over time, when nothing is claiming one's immediate attention. | |
| Definitions include: to some time that is not the present time, and/or some place that is not the present location. | |
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| Definitions include: "home boy". | |
| Definitions include: great; "awesome"; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: Joneser; addict; Dope Fiend; fiend; fiender. Jonesing; fiending; Wanting or needing desperately.; needing (addicted). Jonesy (addict). Jonesey (addict). Jonesed. To Jones for something (drugs) | |
| Definitions include: a person who has a long criminal record; someone who has been arrested several times. | |
| Definitions include: To sniff an inhalant | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "end of file". | |
| Definitions include: a long time. | |
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| Definitions include: a derogatory term dealing with a promiscuous female. | |
| Definitions include: spelling variant of "fuckin' A". |
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