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: "I am not a quantum physicist". | |
| Definitions include: in the user interface of a software product (including websites,) something that displays the locations that the user has recently viewed or visited. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "private message". | |
| Definitions include: to happen automatically, in a way that appears almost magical. | |
| Definitions include: a hack or involving a hack. | |
| Definitions include: to work on a pre-existing problem, program, or piece of source code. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "thank you very much". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "oh my fucking god." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "because". | |
| Definitions include: the general appearance of software or a website. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "falling off chair, rolling on floor, laughing out loud". | |
| Definitions include: Person who is quite irritating, assumes to know everything but actually knows nothing. | |
| Definitions include: "ask me anything". | |
| Definitions include: "to be quite honest". | |
| Definitions include: a person who downloads without uploading in return. | |
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| Definitions include: as soon as possible. | |
| Definitions include: a fart caused by the consumption of beer. | |
| Definitions include: a person who pretends to be sexually available. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "It's OK if you're a republican". | |
| Definitions include: to get a tan via tanning booths. | |
| Definitions include: vacation. | |
| Definitions include: to jog and juggle at the same time. | |
| Definitions include: See chav. | |
| Definitions include: a coward. | |
| Definitions include: statement in response to an accident. |
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