internym

English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ -nym. Coined by Madeleine Page in the Internet newsgroup alt.folklore.urban.

Noun

internym (plural internyms)

1. (Internet) A phrase or epithet, particularly one intended to be witty, inserted in quotation marks between one's first and last names—or elsewhere by or in one's name, if this is not possible—at the end of a post. [from 1997]
   • 1997 February 23, Madeleine Page, “Epenthetics revisited”, in alt.folklore.urban‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Madeleine "why don't we just call the damn thing the "internym"?" Page

   • 1997 July 29, Madeleine Page, “Photographs in bars”, in alt.folklore.urban‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Madeleine "internym goes here" Page

   • 1998 October 19, Rick Denney, “Our RST "middle names"...”, in rec.sport.triathlon‎^[3] (Usenet):

     I'm experimenting with the internym after seeing it so artfully used by others on other newsgroups.

   • 2005 October 16, Michael Kuettner, “I know, it's not glass, but hey...”, in alt.folklore.urban‎^[4] (Usenet):

     Michael "please destroy that message after reading[5]" Kuettner[6]
     […]
     [5] This internym was inserted by the NSA to discredit [1]