chathead
Chathead is an early internet slang term for a chat room user — someone who habitually frequents online chat rooms.
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Chathead is an early internet slang term for a chat room user — someone who habitually frequents online chat rooms. Rare and largely obsolete, it belongs to the late 1990s and early 2000s era of dial-up internet culture, when chat rooms were a primary form of online social interaction. The '-head' suffix implies someone defined by or addicted to that activity (cf. 'metalhead,' 'deadhead'). It has a nostalgic flavour today, evoking the pre-social-media internet.
The forum regulars dismissed the newcomers as chatheads who didn't understand how to hold a proper discussion.
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(internet slang, rare) A chat room user.
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