keypal
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
key + pal, in reference to the computer keyboard.
Noun[edit]
keypal (plural keypals)
- (dated) The email equivalent of a penpal; someone with whom to exchange email for the simple joy of communicating.
- 1999, James E. Schwartz, Robert J. Beichner, Essentials of Educational Technology, Allyn and Bacon, →ISBN, page 53:
- The most common type of person-to-person contact is through keypal exchanges. (The modern version of penpals.) Many organizations exist to help teachers to find suitable keypal connections for their students.