chronically online
/ˈkrɒnɪkli ˌɒnˈlaɪn/
EN
Describes a person who spends an excessive amount of time online, often leading to their views and behavior being heavily influenced by internet culture and disconnected from offline life.
Many people joke that anyone who argues about that topic on Twitter must be chronically online.
Etymology
The phrase emerged in early 2010s internet culture, combining the medical adjective 'chronic' (meaning persistent and long-term) with 'online' to describe the persistent, almost constant state of being connected to the internet. It gained widespread popularity in the 2020s.
Translations
简体中文
长期沉迷网络的,长期上网的
繁體中文
長期沉迷網路的,長期上網的
日本語
常にネットに接続している,ネット依存
한국어
오래 인터넷에 접속해 있는,인터넷 중독
Deutsch
dauerhaft online,ständig im Internet
Español
crónicamente en línea,constantemente en internet
Português
cronicamente online,constantemente na internet
Français
chroniquement en ligne,toujours sur internet
Català
crònicament en línia,constantement a internet
Tiếng Việt
luôn trực tuyến,nghiện internet
Collocations
chronically online personchronically online behaviorchronically online takes
Synonyms
always onlinepermanently online
Antonyms
offlinedisconnected
Related Words
internet culturesocial mediadigital addictiononline discourse