caps-locked

English

Etymology

From caps lock +‎ -ed.

Adjective

caps-locked (not comparable)

1. Typed with the Caps Lock mode turned on; written in all caps.
   • 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:

     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.

   • 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:

     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.