also: ecquaintance,
e-quaintance, or more informally, equaintance
1. An online acquaintance, regardless of whether you chat via text, voice, or video chat, and/or would recognize them in
person.
2. Someone with whom you have acquainted, or continue to online, but have neither met, nor perceive - first and foremost - to be a friend, significant other, or another intimate relation.
3. A casual friend with whom you mostly or only interact online, who neither is nor was a close friend. e.g. most facebook friends
4. Someone with whom you would, will, or intend to meet in
person, but whom you haven'
t met yet.
5. An a.i. acquaintance.
6.
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