cybercloset
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A space on the Internet resembling a closet, especially in the sense of one's sexual orientation or undesirable secrets being kept "in the closet".
Example Sentences
- "That's why CleanSweep is considered "a superior way to clean your cybercloset.""
- "Favorite new features include an expanded cybercloset, where girls can scan their own photos and "try on" new hairstyles."
- "To be fair, AOL is not the only online portal with various sexual dysfunctions, they're just the biggest and offer the biggest target, especially in light of the disconnect between their family-only promotion and the sex hidden in the cybercloset."
- "A virtual, nanogenetic space? A glove-and-helmet, artificially intelligent, self-replicating reality? A cybercafe of the mind for the millions? A cybercloset of the mind for one? It may now be that we approach a world more like a room[…]"
- "[…] there is also the risk that they will keep people from truly coming out and participating in the community. Depending on how they are utilized, gay chat rooms could become pathetic cyberclosets."
- "Many lesbians and gays prefer not to self-identify for a variety of reasons, but this study has shown dramatically that our community is out of the cybercloset in large numbers."