What is Screenies?

Being envious of the size and/or resolution of someone else's computer monitor, television, cell phone, digital camera or handheld video game console screen size.

Dude, I just bought this new 17" with 1024x768 resolution, but I got total screenis envy when I saw the new Apple 30" cinema display with 2560x1600 resolution.

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Screenies - video

Screenies - what is it?

A fun abbreviation of "screenshot"

Example 1) "Hey Grayson send me the screenies after you text your girl Stephanie"

Example 2) Person A "Homie, you said we we meeting at 8"
Person B "No I didn't"
Person A "Yes you did, I have a screenie"
"Person B "Gosh darnit"

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What does "Screenies" mean?

When someone, most commonly a teenage girl, takes a screenshot either

a) accidentally, meaning to take a selfie
b) attempts to wow his/her facebook followers with quality photos of such games as Minecraft

OMG James I was so embarrassed the other day- I spent ages building up to this selfie I was gonna take and then posted images of myself playing WoW on Facebook- such a bad time for a screenie!

Did you see my amazing screenie the other day? Man, I was pwning that ender dragon so hard.......

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Screenies - what does it mean?

Textual content that's written
and formatted to work on a computer screen or E-reader

"The problem, then, isn't that screens aren't sharp enough to read novels off of. The problem is that novels aren't screeny enough to warrant protracted, regular reading on screens. "

Cory Doctorow, in an article titled "You Do Like Reading Off a Computer Screen" -- (Locus Magazine, March 2007)

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