"nethead" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-nethead.ogg [Australia] Forms: netheads [plural]
Etymology: net + -head Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|net|head}} net + -head Head templates: {{en-noun}} nethead (plural netheads)
  1. (slang) An obsessive Internet user. Tags: slang Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-nethead-en-noun-M9Tl-9-i Disambiguation of People: 63 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -head, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 60 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -head: 68 32 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 61 39
  2. (slang) A supporter of the Internet and its flexibility and technical underpinnings, contrasted with Bellhead (a supporter of traditional centralized telecommunications networks). Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-nethead-en-noun-BBfkAFs9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Nethead

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