What's the word for a person who spends much time on the net and especially the verb meaning "to spend much time on the net"?
Everybody knows this meaning of the verb "to hang":
Computers To cause (a computer system) to halt so that input devices, such as the keyboard or the mouse, do not function.
Can "hang" be used to describe a person who spends much time on the net? Meaning "when he is on the net he is lost for the real life".
I know this meaning of "hang", but can we apply it to the net?
Slang
a. To spend one's free time in a certain place. Often used with around or out: liked to hang out at the pool hall.
If this verb (hang) cannot be used for this purpose, would you suggest other words?
He is…He often…(spends much time on the net).
Best Answer
You're very close. The colloquial expression is actually "to hang out":
Related to your question, I could say:
Although this is not in the dictionary definition, these sentences also imply that he is not achieving anything useful during this time, that he is wasting time.
There are numerous other ways to say this: slack off, fritter away (time), screw around, as well as other, less "polite" expressions.