"nethead" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-nethead.ogg Forms: netheads [plural]
Etymology: From 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: 62 38
  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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -head, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -head: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Nethead

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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