chronically online
Always on screens
Chronically online describes someone who spends so much time on the internet that their worldview, humor, and social references are shaped primarily by online culture rather than offline life.
The term is usually pejorative, suggesting the person has lost touch with how most people think and communicate.
She got into an argument about discourse nobody outside Twitter cares about—chronically online behavior.
Someone chronically online might assume everyone knows obscure memes or takes internet drama as seriously as they do.
- doomscrollingCompulsive consumption of distressing content
- subtweetingOblique online criticism
- oversharingRevealing too much personally
- main character syndromeBelief you're life's hero
- ghostingAbruptly ceasing all communication
anxiety · cancel culture · trolling · cyberbullying · touch grass · lurking · stan culture · screen time · virtue signaling · rage bait · group chats · depression · ratio · brain rot · influencer culture · self-esteem issues · smartphones · digital footprint
- ZoomersTikTok, Generation Z, rizz, screenagers, brainrot
- internet slangomg, yolo, hashtag, yeet, sus
chronically onlineoffline
Not internet-connected
unplugged · logged off · analog · off the grid · screen-free
chronically onlinetouching grass
Reconnecting with physical reality
grounded · IRL · off-the-grid · outdoorsy · present
chronically onlinenormie
Slang for mainstream person
out of the loop · blissfully unaware · old-fashioned · boomer · traditional
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