anon

noun4

1. •
   An anonymous person, traditionally especially a published author but now especially an internet rando.

   • Indeed they did all they could to avoid it, coyly hiding their identities behind initials, asterisks, and anons — 1904
2. •
   (Internet) An anonymous poster (“person who contributes a note, message, etc”). A participant in an online site, such as a forum or an imageboard, without an account, or who posts without identifying themselves, or hidden behind a pseudonym.
3. •
   A work with an unknown author.

   • On the floor again she came upon a couple of "Anons" and frowned at them: Ought We to Visit Her and Cast Away in The Cold. Those would certainly do very well on the top shelf. — 1984
4. •
   A work without a title.

adverb3

1. •
   Soon; in a little while.

   • […]for as much as the same consisteth not in the extreames, but in a verie mediocritie of wealth and riches, as it shall better appeare anone. — 1598
2. •
   At another time; then; again.

   • Sometimes he trots, as if he told the steps, With gentle majesty and modest pride; Anon he rears upright, curvets and leaps, As who should say, lo! thus my strength is try'd... — 1593
3. •
   (no longer used) Straight away; at once.

   • Caliban: Thou dost me yet but little hurt; thou wilt anon, I know it by thy trembling: now Prosper works upon thee. — 1610

adjective1

1. •
   Clipping of anonymous.

noun1

1. •
   Abbreviation of anonymous.