netiquette

Meaning

1. 1noununcountable

   The set of polite, accepted ways of behaving when communicating on the internet.

   Grammar: Usually no article and no plural: good netiquette matters.

   Patterns

   • netiquette for something
   • break the rules of netiquette

   Basic netiquette says you should not write in all capital letters.

   The school taught students netiquette before they joined the forum.

   Replying to everyone on a long email chain breaks the rules of netiquette.

Common combinations

basic netiquette

Basic netiquette includes being polite in comments.

follow netiquette

Please follow netiquette when you post in the group.

breach of netiquette

Sharing private messages is a breach of netiquette.

rules of netiquette

The site lists its rules of netiquette.

good netiquette

Good netiquette means thinking before you reply.

Synonyms and how they differ

online etiquette

Online etiquette means the same but is plainer and more suitable in formal writing.

digital manners

Digital manners is a more casual way of saying it and is rarely used as a fixed term.

internet etiquette

Internet etiquette is the fuller form, and netiquette is its shortened blend.

Opposites

Word family

etiquette noun

accepted rules of polite behavior

net noun

short for the internet

netizen noun

a regular internet user

Commonly confused: netiquette or etiquette?

Practice

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