The term "keyboard warriors" must be familiar to everyone. As long as you travel around the Internet, you can see this group. "Xia" here is not a compliment, but refers to a group of people hiding behind the screen. They are usually timid and fearful in real life, but they occupy

The term "keyboard warriors" must be familiar to everyone. As long as you travel around the Internet, you can see this group.

The "xia" here is not a compliment, but refers to a group of people hiding behind the screen. They are usually timid and fearful in real life, but they occupy the moral high ground on the Internet and express "personal justice" and "personal comments." Hiding behind the Internet to criticize facts, blindly follow trends, and express one's own depression in real life. Similar expressions include "cyber violence, trolls, trolls" and other expressions. How to express these common expressions in English?

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The word "keyboard warrior" is included in the Oxford dictionary as "keyboard warrior".

keyboard warrior

Keyboard warrior (a metaphor for someone who uses the keyboard as a weapon and criticizes others everywhere on the Internet)

warrior /ˈwɒriər/ (especially in the old days) warrior, warrior, fighter

The "terracotta warriors and horses" in the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang that we often refer to are terracotta /ˌterəˈkɒtə / warriors.

Example:

I am not an Internet keyboard warrior.

I am not an Internet keyboard warrior.

Trump expressed his gratitude to his "keyboard warriors" on Twitter last May:

"Thank you to my great keyboard warriors! You are better and smarter than those advertising agencies on Madison Avenue . No one can compare to you!"

This is because Trump has always believed in the power of social media, and "keyboard warriors" are also free advertising for Trump.

In addition to keyboard warrior, the word "clicktivist" is also labeled with a derogatory connotation in dictionaries. The word is a combination of "click," which describes a mouse click, and "activist," which means an activist.

clicktivist /ˈklɪk.tɪ.vɪst/

Clicktivists, clickactivists (people who use the Internet and social media to achieve certain political goals, such as launching petitions or organizing protests)

Example sentence:

Clicktivists, in general, consider themselves separate from the social order.

Generally speaking, keyboard warriors believe that they run counter to the social order.

is associated with "keyboard warriors", which also means that people who make inappropriate remarks on the Internet include "trolls", "gangsters" and so on.

How do you say "troll" in English?

"Troll" can be expressed as "troll". The term represents a group of people whose rhetoric is often more violent, provocative, and aggressive.

troll /trəʊl/

(a person who deliberately leaves comments that anger others on the Internet to attract attention or cause trouble)

Example:

Just ignore the trolls, they are just trying to start a fight.

Ignore those trolls, they are Want to start a war of words.

On March 4, 2019, the British royal family promulgated the latest social media "usage standards", strictly restricting netizens from posting offensive information under the royal family's official account, and clearly stating that violators will be dealt with.

Later, the media used the word "troll" when reporting that the British royal family declared war on the black-hearted "keyboard warriors".

In addition, hater can also mean people who wantonly attack and abuse others on the Internet.

hater /heɪtə(r)/

(especially on the Internet) a person who attacks (or insults) others

Example sentence:

Forget the haters - they're just jealous.

Never mind those who only know how to curse, they are just jealous That’s all.

How do you say "Gangjing" in English?

"Gong Jing" opposes for the sake of opposition, and wants to oppose other people's opinions, but there is no reason. We can use contrarian to express.

contrarian /kənˈtreəriən/

A person who is contrary to the general public's ideas, a person who sings the opposite

Example sentence:

He is a contrarian who frequently writes controversial opinion pieces.

He always sings the opposite and often writes controversial articles.

(Source: Translation·World WeChat Official Account Editor: yaning)

Source: Translation·World WeChat Official Account