netizen
A member of the community of Internet users.
Noun
- A member of the community of Internet users.
- The netizen posted their question on the forum.
- Do we have to learn a new kind of language — ‘Netspeak’, as I shall call it — in order to be a netizen? - 2001, David Crystal, “A linguistic perspective”, in Language and the Internet, Cambridge: The Press Syndicate of...
- It appeared by Wednesday evening that Congress would follow Bank of America, Netflix and Verizon as the latest institution to change course in the face of a netizen revolt. - 2012 January 19, Jonathan Weisman, “Web...
Synonyms: Internet user cybercitizen cybernaut internaut
Origin
Blend of Net (“Internet”) + citizen.