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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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| Definitions include: a person who writes (source) code; "programmer". | |
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| Definitions include: a girlfriend in whom one has an exclusively sexual interest | |
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| Definitions include: very high. | |
| Definitions include: Very hot outside. | |
| Definitions include: to greatly impress a person. | |
| Definitions include: rectal prolapse. | |
| Definitions include: to be quiet. | |
| Definitions include: cool, awesome | |
| Definitions include: to hit. | |
| Definitions include: Drunk. | |
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