English
Etymology
inter- + -nym. The word was apparently invented by Madeleine Page in the Internet newsgroup <tt>alt.folklore.urban</tt>.
Noun
en-noun
- Internet A phrase or epithet, particularly one intended to be witty, inserted in quotation marks between one's first and last names�or elsewhere by or in one's name, if this is not possible�at the end of a post.
Quotations
1997, Madeleine Page in <tt>alt.folklore.urban</tt> 1
1997, Madeleine Page in <tt>alt.folklore.urban</tt> 2
1998, Rick Denney, in <tt>rec.sport.triathlon</tt> 3
2005, Michael Kuettner in <tt>alt.folklore.urban</tt> 4
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