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. Siri
Pleasure to make your electronic e-cquaintance!
Oh
Jennifer? I
don't really know her; we'
re just Facebook e-cquaintances.
We've been ecquainting for weeks ... let's meet!