Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

burner account

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables: burn-er ac-count
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An anonymous account (typically on a social media website) used (temporarily) for activities that the user does not desire to have tied to their main account.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Another area that sports organizations need to consider with risk assessment is the emergence of burner accounts (i.e., social media accounts that a person operates under a fake name, which allows them to post things the may not be willing to post from their identified account). NBA player Kevin Durant has admitted to using burner accounts on Twitter to defend himself against criticism (Shiller, 2020)."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

burner accounts (plural)

Phrases

burn phone

Frequently Paired Words

burn phone

Synonyms

burner throwaway

Questions

What does burner account mean?: An anonymous account (typically on a social media website) used (temporarily) for activities that the user does not desire to have tied to their main account.

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