"Substackerati" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Etymology tree English Substack Latin lītera Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin līterātībor. English literati blend English Substackerati Blend of Substack + literati. Coined by Clio Chang in a 2020 article (see quotation below). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:blend|Substack<id:Q63435709>|literati<id:literary people>|id=community|text=1|tree=1}} Etymology tree English Substack Latin lītera Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin līterātībor. English literati blend English Substackerati [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "līterātī", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "letter", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "lītera", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eh₂tos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ātos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ātus", "gloss" : "-ed", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "līterātus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "literati", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "Blend of", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "blend" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "Substackerati", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="community" data-lang="en" data-title="Substackerati" id="English:_community"> Blend of Substack + literati., {{coinage|en|Clio Chang|w=-}} Coined by Clio Chang Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} Substackerati pl (plural only)
  1. (informal) Substack authors collectively. Tags: informal, plural, plural-only Hypernyms: bloggerati
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