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Hiding behind a false name to send ugly, scurrilous, or threading messages on blogs, Twitter, and/or e@mails — lacking the courage to make such statements in person or, at least, use ones real name allowing another a place to respond. The cowards who created false Facebook pages to send messages threatening President Obama are exhibiting keyboard courage.
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Main Entry: Keyboard-courage
Pronunciation: 'kE-"bord-'k&r-ij Function: noun descriptive quality: 1: A quality or characteristic displayed by a person through the written word that this person would not ordinarily possess. 2: The confrontational attitude exhibited by someone via an anonymous entry to an internet web-page or posting. 3: An attitude demonstrated by someone when they realize that actions taken by them or words written by them across a computer connection will have little, if any, personal repercussions. 4: A false bravery possessed by an individual who does not possess the true quality in person. Chat room person 1: I think wrestling is all fake, those guys couldn’t fight their way out of a wet paper bag.
Chat room person 2: Yo, real or not, these guys are big and powerful. They could probably use you as a fish bait. Chat room person 1: Up yours, ass-wad! If these monitors weren’t between us, I’d wire my mouse through your eye-sockets! You waste of money-shot fluid! Who do you think you are?! Chat room person 2: Terry Hogan, man. You got a lot of Keyboard courage going on, where do you live? Chat room person 1: ………(staring blankly at screen, sweat rolling down forehead) ………… ………… ………… ……..uh………China. Yeah, that’s it, China……….(shutting down computer, and jumping in bed with a stuffed animal). |
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| 2. | Keyboard Courage | ||
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When another person becomes raged while on the computer and attempts to fight with words over the internet. Man that dude seems really tough" "No its all just keyboard courage
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| 3. | keyboard courage | ||
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The act of being tougher than your normal self when posting/responding to anything on the interwebs. Being a proper and utter douchebag online. False bravado on steroids. That troll has some keyboard courage to talk that much crap.
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When someone who is shy in person becomes very friendly or outgoing on a social network such as Facebook. Girl: Johnny finally asked me out by sending me a Facebook message.
Friend: Hmm...seems he had a case of keyboard courage. |
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