tripfag

English

Etymology

tripcode +‎ -fag

Noun

tripfag (plural tripfags)

1. (Internet slang, derogatory) A person who uses a tripcode to make their posts identifiable on a generally anonymous online community such as 4chan.
   • 2009 December 16, Onslaught Six [username], “Re: That veteran atter,named "patrick stewart,has fooled various TFsites,into thinking his 2010 TF info he posted weeks ago is true.some beliefhe's a hasbro worker/insider”, in alt.toys.transformers‎^[1] (Usenet):

     The original pic showed up on /toy/ on 4chan, which is generally anonymous (excepting tripfags) so the likelihood of it even being the same original poster is likely nil.

   • 2010, Andrew Brown, The Church of Anonymous‎^[2], →ISBN, page 102:

     However, tripcodes weren't popular. The people who posted on the imagechan believed that anonymity was its strongest value, and ridiculed the "tripfags" that attempted to use a real name in an anonymous society.

   • 2012, Parmy Olson, We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency‎^[3], Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN:

     A year after Shii wrote his essay, forced anonymity had become widely accepted on the image board. Anyone deemed a tripfag was quickly shot down and mocked.