Words at Play : Top 10 User-Submitted Words, Vol. 5
Definition:
(noun) : a person known to another through online communication only (as via email or Internet social networking)
Example:
"... Peter Watts, brilliant Canadian hard SF writer, marine biology PhD, good e-cquaintance of mine, and by all accounts all round nice guy in the flesh ..." blog post at Richardkmorgan.com, December 12, 2009
Submitted by:
Curtis, OH