screenie

English

Etymology

screen +‎ -ie

Noun

screenie (plural screenies)

1. (informal) A screenshot.
2. (informal) A screensaver.
3. (informal) Someone who spends a lot of time in front of a (television or computer) screen.
   • 2012, Phillip T. Slee, Marilyn Campbell, Barbara Spears, Child, Adolescent and Family Development, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 377:

     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.

   • 2013, Tony Ward, Sport in Australian National Identity: Kicking Goals, Routledge, →ISBN:

     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).

See also

• screeny

Anagrams

• ceresine