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':
guiltware	Definitions include: shareware that uses guilt to encourage users to pay the "registration" cost.
GG	Definitions include: acronym for "good game."
FTL	Definitions include: acronym for "For The Loss."
E-bling	Definitions include: An aggregate grouping or series of stylized printings, fonts, icons, emoticons, avatars, proverbs, etc., usually found at the end of an e-mail message uniquely identifying and personifying the sender.
b/c	Definitions include: acronym for "because".
fencepost error	Definitions include: a particular class of "off-by-one" errors in which the intuitive answer is incorrect.
TBH	Definitions include: "to be honest".
BFFL	Definitions include: acronym for "best friend(s) for life".
DILLIGAS	Definitions include: acronym for "do I look like I give a shit."
cracker	Definitions include: a friend, usually white.
pron	Definitions include: "porn", i.e. pornography.
haxor	Definitions include: spelling variant of "hacker".
brick	Definitions include: very cold.
kthxbai	Definitions include: "okay, thanks, 'bye".
DB	Definitions include: a mess, from "dog's breakfast."
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c*cksman	Definitions include: a man who is reputed to be extremely virile or sexually accomplished. (U.S. vulgar slang)
gig head	Definitions include: Used to describe the one's inability to function normally in a social situation surrounding a musical or stage performance due to preoccupation with the performance itself.
hell to the yes	Definitions include: an emphatic "yes".
toss off	Definitions include: to masturbate.
fat pants	Definitions include: pants large enough to accommodate a fat person.
shiznit	Definitions include: See shit.
nana	Definitions include: affectionate term for one's grandmother.
coochtang	Definitions include: the female genitals.
every nook and cranny	Definitions include: everywhere.
funds	Definitions include: money.

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