screenie
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Screenies: these boys spent very large amounts of time in front of a screen of some sort — 10 per cent of boys spend over seven hours every day in front of a screen — but had low levels of physical activity and sleep."
- "The study found three clusters of boys: 'sporties', 'screenies' and 'autonomes' (the last group spending a lot of time in self-starting pursuits, either by themselves or with peers)."
Etymology
From screen + -ie.
Word Breakdown
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Computing.