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sockpuppet
An online identity used for the purposes of deception, like lonelygirl15.According to the definition submitted by a Wikipedia editor, "the term—a reference to the manipulation of a simple hand puppet made from a sock—originally referred to a false identity assumed by a member of an Internet community who spoke to, or about, himself while pretending...
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