Meaning of e-quainted | Babel Free

Definitions

Acquainted by means of online communication.

Internet

Examples

“People I was thrilled to meet after being e-quainted forever: […]”

“I'm e-quainted with someone who goes to the VA there and he says he sees Indian groceries when he goes there.”

“2000, Russell Merris, Graph Theory, Wiley-IEEE, →ISBN, page 195, Let’s say two people are e-quainted if, during the past year, they participated together in one or more of the same chat room discussions. Otherwise, call them e-stranged. Then any two people attending the convention’s introductory cocktail party will be either e-quainted or e-stranged.”

“I am e-quainted with a Catherine who became Cathrin, also for Goff reasons.”

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