caps-locked en · ADJ
Etymology
From caps lock + -ed.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Typed with the Caps Lock mode turned on; written in all caps.
Typing using all capital letters in any sort of online correspondence usually is seen as the virtual equivalent of SHOUTING. For emphasis, bold type or italics always are preferable, because a caps-locked section of text is seen as both visually ugly and rude.
2014, Gregory J. Touhill, C. Joseph Touhill, “Appendix B: General Rules for Email Etiquette: Sample Training Handout”, in Cybersecurity for Executives: A Practical Guide, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 357:The Republican convention was a gruesome and tawdry spectacle. And everything was topped off with nothing more than a red hat with a badly kerned, caps-locked slogan.
2017, Michael Bierut, “I’m with Her”, in Now You See It and Other Essays on Design, Hudson, NY: Princeton Architectural Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 217: