internym

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A phrase or epithet, particularly one intended to be witty, inserted in quotation marks between one's first and last names—or elsewhere by or in one's name, if this is not possible—at the end of a post.

Word forms

internym internyms

Etymology

From inter- + -nym. Coined by Madeleine Page in the Internet newsgroup alt.folklore.urban.

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