Originally Posted By Martyn Culling
Avatars were around long before Hollywood based a film around an incorrect meaning of the word.

I beg to disagree. I can't imagine a better use of the word.
Originally Posted By Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Full Definition of avatar

1: the incarnation of a Hindu deity (as Vishnu)

2 a : an incarnation in human form b : an embodiment (as of a concept or philosophy) often in a person

3: a variant phase or version of a continuing basic entity

4: an electronic image that represents and is manipulated by a computer user (as in a computer game)

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