'avatar' is a valid and commonly used word in written English.
It is a noun that means a representation of a person, often in the form of a picture or other digital image used to represent an online user. For example, "I created my avatar and uploaded it onto my profile page."
For four seasons he has been in many ways an avatar for the audience; we know Tyrion is cynical and a political pragmatist, but underneath the wit and one-liners we have clung to the idea that he is essentially good.
Q: What kind of image should I use for an avatar?
A: If an image fails pre-moderation, your avatar will be reset to the default (grey) image.
New clubs have opened in even more exotic locations: for example, in Hunan province's Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, whose mountains inspired the ones seen in the sci-fi movie Avatar.
Also, don't retweet @suckup1967 when she tweets at you to say "@rupertmurdoch Gt appearance at the select committee you showed them LOL love your avatar too".
In addition, we've been slightly constrained by the system we've used to implement this change, and the alternative was having avatar images so small you couldn't tell what was on them.
On the left hand side of the page, underneath your name, there should be a square avatar picture (it may be the default grey one) followed by a link which says "Edit my profile".
Q: What are the technical specifications of the avatar file?
If you log-in to our sites using a twitter log-in, we receive your avatar (the small picture that appears next to your tweets) and twitter username.
In the 1950s and 1960s Duras was an avatar of the literary movement called the "nouveau roman".
It's hard work being Hurley, you know – all that bathing-suit designing and talking to Grazia magazine about one's latest diet – so no wonder she needed an avatar.
