cyberhug

Etymology

From cyber- +‎ hug.

Noun

cyberhug (plural cyberhugs)

1. A hug expressed through text or emoticon between computer users.
   • 1998, Don Tapscott, Alex Lowy, David Ticoll, Natalie Klym, Blueprint to the digital economy: creating wealth in the era of e-business:

     Kinesthetic feedback has not yet developed to the point where a cyberhug is equivalent to the real thing.

   • 2003, Dana Carpender, How I Gave Up My Low-Fat Diet and Lost 40 Pounds:

     Someday I'll thank her in person with a big hug instead of only a cyberhug.

   • 2005, Heidi Campbell, Exploring religious community online: we are one in the network:

     Sometimes you give people a little touch on the arm and a cyberhug is one way...