reply guy
English
Noun
reply guy (plural reply guys)
- (Internet) A male commenter who leaves frequent and inappropriate replies on a woman's social media posts.
- 2019 September 16, Claire Lower, “When to Quote Tweet a Jerk”, in LifeHacker:
- Unless you’re doing it in a reply guy kind of way, supportive quote tweets are mostly welcome […] .
- 2020 February 5, Annie Lord, “Why Justin Bieber’s TikTok campaign for ‘Yummy’ is so embarrassing”, in The Independent:
- Since the release of his new song “Yummy”, Bieber has been needier on social media than that reply guy who keeps popping up in your DMs with “you up?” messages.