" avatar "

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1: An icon which represents a user in a virtual reality/Internet setting, currently attempted with varying success. The term is adopted from Neal Stephenson; another word used for the same concept is Rudy Rucker's term "tuxedo."

  * e.g.,  ... First used from an Internet perspective in 1992 in SNOW CRASH, by Neal Stephenson, in one of those self-fulfilling SF prophecies. Stephenson got the name from the Hindu concept of avatars, which are the personification of various deities or entities. 

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1:  In Hinduism, and avatar (or avatara) is a deity who descends from heaven to earth to help humanity and restore balance between good and bad during a period of great evil. In the amazing American Nickelodeon TV show Avater: the last airbender (ATLA) created by Mike Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko (called "Bryke" by ATLA fans), an avatar is a person who's able to bend and master all the four elements and thereby keeps balance into the world. ATLA was heavily influenced by Asian cultures, the definition of an avatar in the show is based on and derived from the definition of an avatar in Hinduism. an Avatar in the 2009 James Cameron movie is a Na'vi-human hybrid. Basically, it's a Na'vi (original inhabitants of a fictional planet called "Pandora") who's mentally controlled by a genetically matching human.

  * e.g.,  ...  Krishna is one of the most widely known Hindu avatars. Aang has to master all four elements and defeat the Fire Lord because he is the avatar. Humans created avatars to improve their relations with the Na'vi. 

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1: man on man hand job

  * e.g.,  ... two dogs fighting over treats is the same thing as two dudes fighting over an avatar. 

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1: 1) A small picture beneath a persons username in posts on forums.

  * e.g.,  ... 1) user's avatar is a piece of crap. 

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2: 2) Some kind of incarnation of a god.

  * e.g.,  ... 2) Fear the Avatar of Zeus! 

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1: One of the many incarnations of the Hindu God, Shiva / Vishnu / Brahma

  * e.g.,  ... I'm not going to steal that watch - surely an avatar will come to smite me! 

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1: The Incarnation Of A Great And Powerful God, One Who Has Knowledge Over All Things And Beings And Is Supreme.

  * e.g.,  ... webavatar is god 

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1:  A cool (or not cool) pic that appears below your name on forum sites.

  * e.g.,  ...  He had a Boohbah avatar so I hired a hitman to kill him. 

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2:  The personification of something infinite, usually a god.

  * e.g.,  ...  My friends say he's the Avatar of Apollo because he's so sexy. 

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1: 1) An incarnation of a diety or a supernatural being in the physical world.

  * e.g.,  ... 1) The Kalki avatar of Sri Krishna is going to wreck havoc when he comes.  

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2: 2) A digital representation of a person who lives only through the internet.

  * e.g.,  ... 2) Any old yahoo! avatar 

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1:  Something that represents a person/place/thing/ect. Often online they are normally little icons used in IM's and other chat.

  * e.g.,  ...  An avatar of the US. might be an Eagle, while the avatar of say Canada would be a maple leaf. 

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2:  The incarnation of a Hindu deity, especially Vishnu, in human or animal form.

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1: A small image that appears below your name in an internet forum.

  * e.g.,  ... I have a Porsche avatar for my account