"summerfag" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: summerfags [plural]
Etymology: From summer + -fag. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|summer|fag}} summer + -fag Head templates: {{en-noun}} summerfag (plural summerfags)
  1. (Internet slang, derogatory) A new, inexperienced, and presumably teenage user who joins an online community (especially 4chan) during the American school holidays at summer Tags: Internet, derogatory Hypernyms: newfag Related terms: Eternal September

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2011, unidentified 4chan poster, quoted in Cole Stryker, Epic Win for Anonymous: How 4chan's Army Conquered the Web, The Overlook Press (2011), unnumbered page",
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