Chronically Online
KRON-ik-lee ON-lynadjective
What it means
Describes a person whose understanding of the world is assembled entirely from the reactions of strangers, and who can therefore be defeated by one sentence spoken outside.
What it actually means
Nothing has happened to me and I have opinions about everything.
How it is used in a sentence
"That is a chronically online take."
Filed under
Social Dynamics — The unwritten rules we invented online and now enforce in public without irony.
Diagnosis — The phrase already names a real problem. We define it properly.
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