Meaning of reply guy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A male commenter who leaves frequent, unsolicited, and often inappropriate replies on a woman's social media posts.
   Internet, derogatory, informal
2. Any person who leaves such replies on someone's social media posts.
   Internet, derogatory, informal

Examples

“Since the release of his new song “Yummy”, Bieber has been needier on social media than that reply guy who keeps popping up in your DMs with “you up?” messages.”

“This is a wonderful feature for reply guys and other less aggressive individuals, as they will never know you've muted them but you will never have to see their content again, unless you choose to.”

“I got trolled. As a female, we're the Twitter reply guys' punching bags. They don't like women in a position of agency.”

“I joke that my mother is my Twitter “reply guy.” Anytime I tweet, well, anything, I can expect a response in record time.”

“They use Google alerts to stay on top of Olympic-related topics, monitoring key phrases. They are known to clap back at politicians, Olympic honchos, and journalists whose work they wish to critique (or occasionally high-five). They'll also do “reply-guy” interventions, sliding into people's feeds to drum up conversation.”

“There is no deeper hive of scum and villainy than Twitter. But if you're already on there, worry about your own feed. Worry about being accurate and truthful. Don't be a reply guy. Just do your own feed. Ted Cruz doesn't need to know you hate him. He knows.”

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