Meaning of Anon | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The name given when an author's name is unknown.
2. An anonymous person, traditionally especially a published author but now especially an internet rando.
3. An anonymous poster (“person who contributes a note, message, etc”). A participant in an online site, such as a forum or an imageboard, without an account, or who posts without identifying themselves, or hidden behind a pseudonym.
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4. A work with an unknown author.
5. A work without a title.

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Examples

“Indeed they did all they could to avoid it, coyly hiding their identities behind initials, asterisks, and anons”

“Every body shared in the emotion of Anons [sic] song .... Anon is sometimes man, sometimes woman....”

“Indeed, virtually every known playwright (and probably most of those 'anons') occupied some position in one or more of the patronage networks”

“those identified by initials only and the 'Anons' (some of whom are here unmasked)”

“On the floor again she came upon a couple of "Anons" and frowned at them: Ought We to Visit Her and Cast Away in The Cold. Those would certainly do very well on the top shelf.”

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