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Mortifying Screen Names A Millennial's Rite Of Passage

NPR
Published October 13, 2014 at 4:13 PM EDT

Modern Family writer Megan Ganz, Grantland writer Rembert Browne and Rookie Mag founder Tavi Gevinson recall their most embarrassing monikers for our New Boom series.

We also want to hear your embarrassing screen names. Share them on Twitter with #NewBoom and we'll add them here.

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