Definition of sock puppet

sock puppet    

noun

• in an online community, a second account created by an account-holder. This second account is kept seemingly independent of the first.
  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Nov 27 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 14 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'computer slang':
spam account	Definitions include: a free e-mail address one uses for unimportant web signups, with the expectation that the e-mail address will receive lots of spam.
egosurf	Definitions include: to search the world wide web for references that would enlarge a person's ego.
ayt	Definitions include: "alright".
nn	Definitions include: "non-nude".
button masher	Definitions include: a videogame that requires mashing buttons to play, rather than finesse.
hack up	Definitions include: to hack, with the result being something quickly and sloppily created, or modified to solve a particular problem.
die horribly	Definitions include: to fail in a grand way.
bogometer	Definitions include: a metaphorical device that people possess (a la gaydar) that measures how bogus something is.
TFW	Definitions include: acronym for "that feeling when".
srs bzns	Definitions include: "serious business".
kthxbai	Definitions include: "okay, thanks, 'bye".
nerf	Definitions include: in an update or sequel to a video game, to make a weapon weak or weaker, such that it's like a Nerf gun.
IMYSM	Definitions include: acronym for "I miss you so much."
PM	Definitions include: acronym for "private message".
nuke	Definitions include: to cook something in the microwave.
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Other terms relating to 'puppet':
f*ck puppet	Definitions include: a girlfriend in whom one has an exclusively sexual interest.
Other terms relating to 'sock':
higher than tube socks	Definitions include: very high.
hotter than two mice f*cking in a wool sock	Definitions include: Very hot outside.
knock (one's) socks off	Definitions include: to greatly impress a person.
pink sock	Definitions include: rectal prolapse.
put a sock in it	Definitions include: to be quiet.
rock (one's) socks off	Definitions include: cool, awesome
sock	Definitions include: to hit.
walk on rocky socks	Definitions include: Drunk.

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