ネット弁べん慶けい

noun

keyboard warrior; Internet tough guy

Colloquial term for someone who acts tough or aggressive online but is meek in person. Derived from 内弁慶 (a person who is only bold at home).

• 彼かれはネット弁べん慶けいで、現げん実じつではとてもおとなしい。

  He's a keyboard warrior; in real life he's very meek.

• ネット弁べん慶けいにならないように、ネットでも礼れい儀ぎ正ただしく振ふる舞まおう。

  Let's behave politely online too, so we don't become Internet tough guys.