home

From Middle English hōm, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home, village”), from Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos (“village, home”), from the root *tḱey-. Doublet of heyem.
Cognates
Germanic cognates: see *haimaz.
Cognate with Irish caoimh (“dear”), Lithuanian kaimas (“village”), šeima (“family”), Albanian komb (“nation, people”), Old Church Slavonic сѣмь (sěmĭ, “seed”), Ancient Greek κώμη (kṓmē, “village”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to lie”) (compare Hittite [script needed] (kittari, “it lies”), Ancient Greek κεῖμαι (keîmai, “to lie down”), Latin civis (“citizen”), Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬈 (saēte, “he lies, rests”), Sanskrit शये (śáye, “he lies”)).

cog

it takes a heap of living to make a house a home

it takes a heap o' livin' to make a house a home

it takes a lot of living to make a house a home

(Internet) The landing page of a website; the site's homepage.


home

Click here to go home.

To one's home.
(Internet) To the home page.


platform

From Middle French plateforme (“a flat form”), from plate (“flat”) (from Old French plat, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “flat”)) + forme (“form”) (from Latin fōrma (“shape; figure; form”)); compare flatscape.

der

Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.

2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:

In fact, wealth and power are shifting to those who control the platforms on which all of us create, consume, and connect.

2014, Astra Taylor, “Preface”, in The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN:

The promise of the platform business model is its magical self-reinforcement: Once the platform is in place, money is supposed to flow through the system without much extra effort at all.

2021 September 15, Reeves Wiedeman, “Why Does Every Company Now Want to Be a Platform?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

digital platform
digital platform#English

(Internet) Ellipsis of digital platform: a software system used to provide online services to clients, such as social media, e-commerce, cloud computing etc.

Plattform

computing: computer system used to deliver services to clients


black hole

black holes (plural)
black-hole (alternative)
blackhole (alternative)

desc

→ Bengali: ব্ল্যাকহোল (blêkhol), ব্ল্যাক হোল (blêk hol)

→ Japanese: ブラックホール (burakku hōru)

→ Korean: 블랙홀 (beullaekhol)

en:Black Hole of Calcutta
en:Hong-Yee Chiu
en:John Archibald Wheeler
en:black hole (disambiguation)

In reference to celestial bodies, physicist Hong-Yee Chiu attributed the term to his colleague Robert H. Dicke, who stated around 1960–1961 that the objects were "like the Black Hole of Calcutta". The first known usage in print was by journalist Ann Ewing in 1964. Widespread popularization of the term is generally credited to a 1967 lecture by physicist John Wheeler.

One way of fighting spam is to use a blackhole list maintained on a blackhole server.

(Internet, often attributive) A place where incoming traffic is silently discarded.


black hole

en-verb

black hole (third-person singular simple present black holes, present participle black holing, simple past and past participle black holed)

black holes (present singular third-person)
black holing (participle present)
black holed (participle past)
black holed (past)
black-hole (alternative)
blackhole (alternative)

Select a nonglobally routed prefix, such as the Test-Net (RFC 3330) 192.0.2.0/24, to use as the next hop of any attacked prefix to be blackholed.

2005, Victor Oppleman, Oliver Friedrichs, Brett Watson, Extreme exploits: advanced defenses against hardcore hacks, page 186:

(transitive, Internet) To redirect (network traffic, etc.) nowhere; to discard (incoming traffic).


delegate

delegate (third-person singular simple present delegates, present participle delegating, simple past and past participle delegated)

delegates (present singular third-person)
delegating (participle present)
delegated (participle past)
delegated (past)

/ˈdɛlɪˌɡeɪt/

From Middle English delegat, from Old French delegat, from Latin dēlēgātus.

(computing, Internet, transitive) (of a subdomain) To give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of one's own.


World Wide Web Consortium
w:World Wide Web Consortium

(software, Internet) Initialism of World Wide Web Consortium.


community

en-noun

community (countable and uncountable, plural communities)

communities (plural)
communitie (alternative)

From Late Middle English communite, borrowed from Old French communité, comunité, comunete (modern French communauté), from Classical Latin commūnitās (“community; public spirit”), from commūnis (“common, ordinary; of or for the community, public”) + -itās. By surface analysis, commune + -ity. Doublet of communitas.

der

Spam texts are encoded but no decryption is possible. There is no plaintext message. I find them wonderful, and read them as poetics, as odd fragments generative of narrtives and scenography. I find the process of their production wonderful as well. The texts are written to elude community standards and means of censorship, and at the same time to enter and impose themselves into the standards and means for the community to read itself.

2015, Sandy Baldwin, “I Read My Spam”, in The Internet Unconscious: On the Subject of Electronic Literature (International Texts in Critical Media Aesthetics; 9), New York, N.Y., London: Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN, section VI, page 89:

Online gaming communities develop their own language, history, routines, and relationships. The online poker community is no different, developing its own culture distinct from the traditional poker community. One asp[ect that differentiates internet poker from other online gaming communities is the presence of money, creating what [Edward] Castronova et al. (2009) refer to as a virtual economic system complete with its own rules and forces.

2015, Aaron M. Duncan, “Shifting the Scene to Cyberspace: Internet Poker and the Rise of Tom Dwan”, in Gambling with the Myth of the American Dream (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society), New York, N.Y., Abingdon, Oxon.: Routledge, →ISBN:

(countable, Internet) A group of people interacting by electronic means for educational, professional, social, or other purposes; a virtual community.


Wiktionarian

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Wiktionarian.wav

-ɪkʃənɛəɹiən

Etymology tree
Proto-Polynesian *witi
Hawaiian wiki
Hawaiian wikiwikider.
English wikiblend.
Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti
Proto-Italic *deikō
Latin dīcō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Italic *-tjō
Latin -tiō
Latin dictiō
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āsios
Latin -ārium
Medieval Latin dictiōnāriumlbor.
Middle English dixionare
English dictionaryblend.
English Wiktionary
Latin -iānusbor.
English -ian
English Wiktionarian
From Wiktionary + -ian.

etymon

An outside project called Omegawiki, started by a handful of Wiktionarians, is working on a grand combination of data from Wiktionary into a single dictionary for all languages.

2008, Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, Ben Yates, How Wikipedia Works: And How You Can Be a Part of It, No Starch Press, page 430:

Wiktionary contributors are called Wiktionarians.

2012, Sylviane Granger, Magali Paquot, editors, Electronic Lexicography, Oxford University Press, page 271:

Wiktionary is compiled through a collaborative process by a large community of Web users, in this context called Wiktionarians.

2013, Robert Lew, “User-generated content (UGC) in online English dictionaries”, in OPAL - Online publizierte Arbeiten zur Linguistik, number § 5.1:

(Wikimedia jargon) A person who contributes to Wiktionary, especially a regular contributor well versed in the ways of the site.


柄

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *praŋʔ, *praŋs): semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 丙 (OC *pqraŋʔ) – a wooden handle.
; "pattern; texture"

Han compound

to collect badges with texture of a certain character

收X柄吧唧。

(Internet, fandom slang) pattern; texture (of 谷子 (gǔzi, “goods”))


串

desc

→ Hong Kong English: inch (“cocky, etc.”) (semantic loan)

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑɻ⁵¹/

/t͡sʰuɔŋ²¹³/

/t͡sʰuaŋ²¹³/

/t͡sʰueŋ²¹³/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑɻ⁵¹/

/t͡sʰuɔŋ²¹³/

/t͡sʰuaŋ²¹³/

/t͡sʰueŋ²¹³/

Pictogram (象形) – objects strung together.
Cognate with 穿 (OC *kʰljon, *kʰljons, “to pierce through; to wear”).


加

Shuowen: ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 力 (“strength”) + 口 (“mouth”) — exaggerate; slander.
Sun Changxu: ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 力 (“plowing”) + 口 (“mouth”) — to put more effort. 口 here indicates exclamations or breath associated with the effort.
駕 (OC *kraːls, “to yoke”) is the exopassive of 加 (OC *kraːl, “to add; to attach”) (Schuessler, 2007). Cognate with Tibetan ཁྲལ (khral, “to impose a tax”), Burmese ကြား (kra:, “between”).

Han compound

掃碼加我

扫码加我

加你微信


屄

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 尸 (“body”) + 穴 (“hole”) — a hole under a body.
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b(j)at (“vagina, vulva”).

inh

毴
𣭈
𫵘
逼
批
B
β
貝塔

2024 October 22, 梅兰妮丶, Bilibili, archived from the original on 2024-12-26:

My hole is really big, and Purple Mood (a jargon for masturbation toy) is my home

β真的好大，紫色心情我的家

(vulgar, Internet, sex, gay slang, LGBTQ, by extension) any bodily orifice, in particular the anus, especially used to participate in sexual activities; hole; pussy; bussy


批

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *pʰiː): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 比 (OC *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ).
; “to pare”
; “pie”
; “pipe”
; “vulva; cunt”

Han compound

牛批 ― niúpī ― Alternative form of 牛屄 (niúbī)

原批

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

(Southwestern Mandarin, Internet slang, vulgar) Pronunciation spelling of 屄 (bī).


panier

→ English: pannier

Inherited from Old French, from Latin pānārium (“breadbasket”), from pānis (“bread”).

mettre tous ses œufs dans le même panier


板

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *praːnʔ): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 反 (OC *panʔ, *pʰan).
Officially adopted as the simplified form of 闆 (etymology 2) in the Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (《漢字簡化方案》) in 1956.
The same word as 版 (OC *praːnʔ, “plank”). Cognate with Tibetan འཕར ('phar, “panel; small plank”) (Schuessler, 2007), Burmese ပြား (pra:, “flat, pya”) (Hill, 2019, p. 224).

cog

(Internet) board (sub-unit of a larger BBS or imageboard)


樣

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (樣):
* → Japanese: 様(よう) (yō)
* → Korean: 양(樣) (yang)
* → Vietnamese: dạng (樣)

desc

→ Khmer: យ៉ាង (yaang, “kind, type, way, particle for forming adverbial phrases”)

→ Lao: ຢ່າງ (yāng, “kind, type; standard, pattern; way, method”)

→ Lü: ᦊᦱᧂᧈ (ẏaang¹)

→ Lü: ᦊᦱᧂᧈ (ẏaang¹)

→? Malay: yang (“(he, the one) who, (that) which”)

→ Mongolian: зан (zan)

→ Northern Thai: ᩀ᩵ᩣ᩠ᨦ

→ Thai: อย่าง (yàang, “variety; kind; manner; like, as; adverbial particle”), เยี่ยง (yîiang, “like, as if; example, model”)

→ Proto-Turkic: *yaŋ

→ Old Uyghur: yaŋ

→ Karakhanid: يَانگ

→ Vietnamese: dáng (“gait, figure”), dường (“to seem, to be like”)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *laŋs): semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 羕 (OC *laŋs).
; “appearance; etc.”
; “(ACG slang) -sama”


沖

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *duŋ): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 中 (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs).

Han compound

Derived from homophonic and metaphorical associations with "手沖" (pour-over) and "手銃" (hand cannon).

(Internet, slang, euphemistic) to masturbate (male)


edit

Back-formation of editor, influenced by French éditer (“edit, publish”) and Latin editus.

a basketball edit, a Thor edit

bro thinks he's in an edit (Internet meme)

Valorant edits have become massive on TikTok as creators put their editing skills to the test in making the best edits they can, but Tarik argued that videos like these can be "over-edited" and that he can't tell what's happening.

2023 July 21, Carver Fisher, “Tarik slams "over-edited" Valorant TikTok video trend”, in Dexerto, archived from the original on 2023-11-08:

(Internet, specifically) A compilation of memorable moments (in a show, sport, etc.), often featuring stylized camera effects and intense music.


edit

[ˈʔɛː.d̪ɪt̪̚]


view

model

antonym(s) of “part of computer program”

→ Japanese: ビュー (byū)

→ Korean: 뷰 (byu)

→ Persian: ویو (viyu)

From Middle English vewe, from Anglo-Norman vewe, from Old French veue f (French vue f), feminine past participle of veoir (“to see”) (French voir). Cognate with Italian vedere, as well as Portuguese and Spanish ver. Doublet of veduta and vista.

(Internet) An individual viewing of a web page or a video etc. by a user.

visualització

internet: individual viewing of a web page or a video by a user


view

(Internet) view (individual viewing of a web page or a video by a user)


link

en-verb

link (third-person singular simple present links, present participle linking, simple past and past participle linked)

links (present singular third-person)
linking (participle present)
linked (participle past)
linked (past)

From Middle English linke, lenke, from a merger of Old English hlenċe, hlenċa (“ring; chainlink”) and Old Norse *hlenkr, hlekkr (“ring; chain”); both from Proto-Germanic *hlankiz (“ring; bond; fettle; fetter”). Used in English since the 14th century. Related to lank.

inh

My homepage links to my wife's.

(intransitive, Internet, of a web page) To contain a hyperlink to another page.

Haven't you seen his website? I'll link you to it.

(transitive, Internet) To supply (someone) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link.

Stop linking those unfunny comics all the time!

(transitive, Internet) To post a hyperlink to.


link

link (nominative singular)
linky (nominative plural)
linku (genitive singular)
linků (genitive plural)
linku (dative singular)
linkům (dative plural)
link (accusative singular)
linky (accusative plural)
linku (singular vocative)
linky (plural vocative)
linku (locative singular)
lincích (locative plural)
linkem (instrumental singular)
linky (instrumental plural)


link

link (nominative singular)
linki (nominative plural)
linku (genitive singular)
linków (genitive plural)
linkowi (dative singular)
linkom (dative plural)
link (accusative singular)
linki (accusative plural)
linkiem (instrumental singular)
linkami (instrumental plural)
linku (locative singular)
linkach (locative plural)
linku (singular vocative)
linki (plural vocative)

(Internet) hyperlink, link (some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action)


版

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *praːnʔ): semantic 片 + phonetic 反 (OC *panʔ, *pʰan).
Related to 板 (OC *praːnʔ, “plank, board”); see there for more.

Han compound

子版 ― zǐbǎn ― subforum


皮

/pʰei̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/pʰei²²⁻²²⁵/

/pʰei̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/pʰei²²⁻²²⁵/

Characters in the same phonetic series (皮) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Pictogram (象形) – a hand (又) stripping the fur from an animal pelt (similar to 革). The pelt moved to the top left and became abstracted.
The character 叚 is similar, but actually it depicts two hands and some rocks 石 on oracle bones; a conservative variant is 𠭊.
;“skin”
; “pico-”


盒

/hap̚²¹⁻²¹⁵/

/hap̚²¹⁻²¹⁵/

From 合 (OC *ɡuːb, “to be together; to close”) (Schuessler, 2007).

och-l

to expose someone's personal information online

开盒

(Internet, slang) The act of publicly exposing someone's private information or true identity online, derived from "开盒" (to open a box).


spider

en-noun

spider (countable and uncountable, plural spiders)

[ˈspʌɪ̯ɾə(ɹ)]

From Middle English spiþre, spydyr, spider, spiþer, from Old English spīþra (“spider”), from Proto-West Germanic *spinþrijō, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną (“to spin”). Mostly displaced attercop (“spider, unpleasant person”), now a dialectal term.

Crawler-based search engines have three major elements. The first is the spider, also called the crawler, which visits a web page, reads it, and then follows links to other pages within the site.

2008, Alex Michael, Ben Salter, Marketing Through Search Optimization, Routledge, →ISBN, page xii:

(Internet) A program which follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.


spider

en-verb

spider (third-person singular simple present spiders, present participle spidering, simple past and past participle spidered)

spiders (present singular third-person)
spidering (participle present)
spidered (participle past)
spidered (past)

[ˈspʌɪ̯ɾə(ɹ)]

The online dictionary is regularly spidered by search engines.

(Internet, of a computer program) To follow links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.


host

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis
Proto-Indo-European *pótis
Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis
Proto-Italic *hostipotis
Latin hospes
Old French ostebor.
Middle English hoste
English host
From Middle English hoste, from Old French oste (French: hôte), from Latin hospitem, accusative of hospes (“a host, also a sojourner, visitor, guest; hence, a foreigner, a stranger”), from *hostipotis, an old compound of hostis and the root of potis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis (“master of guests”), from *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest, enemy”) and *pótis (“owner, master, host, husband”). Used in English since 13th century.

der

(computing, Internet) Any computer attached to a network.

ܡܐܲܪܚܵܢܵܐ

computing: computer attached to a network


host

en-verb

host (third-person singular simple present hosts, present participle hosting, simple past and past participle hosted)

hosts (present singular third-person)
hosting (participle present)
hosted (participle past)
hosted (past)
hoast (alternative)

Kremvax hosts a variety of services.

CMU/TEK TCP/IP software uses an excessive amount of cpu resources for terminal support both outbound, when accessing another system, and inbound, when the local system is hosting a session.

1987 May 7, Selden E. Ball, Jr., “Re: Ethernet Terminal Concentrators”, in comp.protocols.tcp-ip (Usenet):

(computing, Internet) To run software made available to a remote user or process.

ܐܲܪܸܚ

computing: run software for a remote user or process


host

Borrowed from English host. Doublet of huésped.

(computing, Internet) host (any computer attached to a network)


粉

Short for 粉絲／粉丝 (fěnsī), from English fans.

zh-l

粉絲／粉丝 (fěnsī)

(Internet, neologism, slang) follower on a social media platform; subscriber


網

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *mlaŋʔ): semantic 糸 (“rope”) + phonetic 罔 (OC *mlaŋʔ).
Compare Thai มุ้ง (múng, “mosquito net”), มอง (mɔɔng, “a kind of fishing net”) (Manomaiviboon, 1975). Perhaps the same word as 罔 (OC *mlaŋʔ, “to deceive”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Han compound

上網

上网


hyperlink

→ Danish: hyperlink

From hyper- + link, or a blend of hypertext + link.

Click the hyperlink to go to the next page.

(Internet) Some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action.

tejlidhje

link from one electronic document to another


hyperlink

head

hyperlink n (definite singular hyperlinket, indefinite plural hyperlinks or hyperlink, definite plural hyperlinkene)

hyperlinket (definite singular)
hyperlinks (indefinite plural)
hyperlink (indefinite plural)
hyperlinkene (definite plural)


Wikipedian

From Wikipedia + -ian (compare encyclopedist).

That is because Wikipedians, as they call themselves, can not only contribute whatever they want but can also edit entries posted by other writers as they see fit.

2001 September 20, Peter Meyers, “Fact-Driven? Collegial? This Site Wants You”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Britannica, somewhat representative of old media in general, instinctively regards Wikipedia as a threat, whereas Wikipedians are not the least bit tempted to reciprocate.

This change takes care of casual or heat-of-the-moment vandalism, but it does little to address a new category of Wikipedian somewhere between committed community member and momentarily vandalizing teenager, one that creates tougher problems.

2008, Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet—And How to Stop It, page 139:

(Wikimedia jargon) A person who contributes to Wikipedia, especially a regular contributor well versed in the ways of the website.

وِيكِيبِيدِيّ

a person who uses, edits, or contributes to Wikipedia


Wikipedian

Many scholars of Wikipedian theology theorize that if consensus is ever reached, Wikipedia will spontaneously disappear.

2006 April 19, “The Wikipedia FAQK”, in Wired News:

In these Googlial Wikipedian times, a vast collection of wordbooks may seem slow, unnecessary or both.

2007 September 6, GALE ZOË GARNETT, “The language of the love of language”, in Globe and Mail:

If people stopped believing in the Wikipedian ideal, and used its tools for vandalism, "it's unlikely the whole enterprise would survive a week"

2008 March 21, Pat Kane, “Here Comes Everybody, by Clay Shirky. We-Think, by Charles Leadbeater”, in Independent:


群

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (群):
* → Japanese: 群(ぐん) (gun)

/t͡ɕʰyə̯ɻ³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰyə̯ɻ³⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɡlun): phonetic 君 (OC *klun) + semantic 羊 – a herd of sheep; a group.
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-kul (“twenty; all”); cognate with 昆 (OC *kuːn, “swarming”), Tibetan ཀུན (kun, “all”), Burmese အကုန် (a.kun, “all”) (Benedict, 1972; STEDT).

inh

入群、退群

群裡的dalao們

群里的dalao们

發錯群

发错群


kick

en-verb

kick (third-person singular simple present kicks, present participle kicking, simple past and past participle kicked)

kicks (present singular third-person)
kicking (participle present)
kicked (participle past)
kicked (past)
kick (infinitive)

→ German: kicken

→ Welsh: cicio

From Middle English kyken (“to strike out with the foot”), from Old Norse kikna (“to sink at the knees”) and keikja (“to bend backwards”) (compare Old Norse keikr (“bent backwards, the belly jutting forward”)), from Proto-Germanic *kaikaz (“bent backwards”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kī-, *kij- (“to split, dodge, swerve sidewards”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeyH- (“to sprout, shoot”). Compare also Dutch kijken (“to look”), Middle Low German kīken (“to look, watch”). See keek.

штовхну́ти

ного́ю; нога́ми

She was kicked from the IRC server for flooding.

(transitive, Internet) To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity.

изри́твам

to remove a participant from an online activity


kick

en-noun

kick (countable and uncountable, plural kicks)

→ German: Kick

→ Irish: cic

(Internet) The removal of a person from an online activity.


臺

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (臺):
* → Japanese: 台(だい) (dai)
* → Korean: 대(臺) (dae)
* → Vietnamese: đài (臺)

Bamboo_and_wooden_slips
Chu_(state)
Han dynasty
Jin (Chinese state)
Oracle bone inscriptions
Qin
Shuowen Jiezi
Shuowen Jiezi Zhu
seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): abbreviated 喬 + 室.
Its exact structure changes depending on region and time period, but for most of its existence it has been a phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声). The phonetic has always been 之 (OC *tjɯ) or 止 (OC *kjɯʔ).
: Oracle bone inscriptions: phonetic 之 (OC *tjɯ) + 宀.
: Chu slips: phonetic 之 (OC *tjɯ) + 室
: Jin slips:
:* Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): abbreviated 喬 + 室. This is the modern form inherited by Han seal script.
:* Phonetic 止 (OC *kjɯʔ) + abbreviated 室
:* Phonetic 之 (OC *tjɯ) + 室
: Qin dynasty: Phonetic 止 (OC *kjɯʔ) + 高 + 室
Shuowen Jiezi interprets it as ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 之 (“foot”) + abbreviated 高 (“high”) + 室 (“building”) – a watch tower. The Shuowen Jiezi Zhu considers 㞢 (*tjɯ) to be the sound component.

Han compound

GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

開臺

开台

station
(specifically, Internet) live stream


ham

en-noun

ham (countable and uncountable, plural hams)

Inherited from Middle English hamme, from Old English hamm (“inner or hind part of the knee, ham”), from Proto-Germanic *hamō, *hammō, *hanmō, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”).
Cognate with Dutch ham (“ham”), dialectal German Hamme (“hind part of the knee, ham”), dialectal Swedish ham (“the hind part of the knee”), Icelandic höm (“the ham or haunch of a horse”), Old Irish cnáim (“bone”), Ancient Greek κνήμη (knḗmē, “shinbone”). Compare gammon and gam.

cog

(Internet, informal, uncommon) Electronic mail that is wanted; mail that is not spam or junk mail.


號

→ Zhuang: heuh, hauh

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɦlaːw, *ɦlaːws): phonetic 号 (OC *ɦlaːws) + semantic 虎 (“tiger”).
Originally an ideogram (指事) of a tiger and a line representing its roar, hence exhaled air while roaring. Later forms added 口 (“mouth”) or 言 (“speech”) to emphasize the act of crying or calling. The original meaning was "to roar; to shout". 号 derives from 口 and the line 丂.
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)aw (“to call”) (Schuessler, 2007, STEDT). Compare Kinnauri ku, Anong go, and Burmese ခေါ် (hkau). The extension of the meaning ‘shout, call’ to ‘ask, request’ is parallel to 呼 (hū).
Pronunciation 1 is the exopassive derivation of pronunciation 2, literally "what is called".

Han compound

個人號

个人号

大號

大号

小號

小号


蛤

蛤？你說什麼？

蛤？你说什么？

(Taiwan, chiefly Internet) Used to indicate doubt or questioning. what?, huh?, eh


ping

Partly onomatopoeic, and partly continuing Middle English pingen (“to push, shove, pierce, stab, prod, goad, urge, feel remorse, incite”), from Old English pyngan (“to prick”), in turn likely from pungere. Compare English pang.

inh

I sent a ping to the insurance company to see if they received our claim.

(text messaging, Internet) An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.

kilahdus

an email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement


親

Bronze script: phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sʰin, *sʰins): phonetic 辛 (OC *siŋ) + semantic 見 (“see”).
Seal script: phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sʰin, *sʰins): phonetic 𣓀 + semantic 見 (“see”). The left part (a chisel with a tree at the bottom to indicate "hazelnut branch" used as a whip) was then stylized as 亲, which originally is a variant of 辛, the chisel.
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dziŋ (“relatives, ancestors”) (STEDT). Cognate with Burmese စဉ် (cany, “to line up, arrange”).

cog

亲
媇
𧡘
𡩁
*寴
𡪔
𢾉
𧠍
𧠸
𧡿
亲
媇
𧡘
𡩁
*寴
𡪔
𢾉
𧠍
𧠸
𧡿
亲

(Mainland China, Internet, customer service) dear sir or madam


讚

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ʔsaːns): semantic 言 (“say”) + phonetic 贊 (OC *ʔsaːns).


谷

(Hong Kong Cantonese, social media, Internet slang) group (Classifier: 個／个 c)


beta

en-verb

beta (third-person singular simple present betas, present participle betaing, simple past and past participle betaed)

betas (present singular third-person)
betaing (participle present)
betaed (participle past)
betaed (past)

From Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta). Doublet of beth.

1999, sqira a., in alt.tv.x-files.creative http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.x-files.creative/msg/29d32d27e61755f2?dmode=source
My thanks to Heather; who read it and betaed it. Thank you.

2000, Elizabeth Durack, quoted in Angelina I. Karpovich, “The Audience as Editor: The Role of Beta Readers in Online Fan Fiction Communities” (essay), in Karen Hellekson and Kristina Busse (editors), Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet, McFarland (2006), →ISBN, page 180,
Beta’ing is time-consuming, so asking a lot of people to give you a detailed analysis isn’t the most polite thing to do.

2002, Jane Davitt, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative/msg/9301606b391212c0?dmode=source
The next part is written and beta'd (thanks, Jen!), ready to go but <shuffles feet> I haven't even started what should be the final part yet.

2002, Karmen Ghia, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated http://groups.google.com/group/alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated/msg/8405f53e8acbb0c1?dmode=source
I had the honor of betaing this story and as I was doing the first read through I had the odd, but lovely, experience when a story suspends the reader in its own rhythm and flow, its own reality.


賬

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *taŋs): semantic 貝 (“shell”) + phonetic 長 (OC *taŋʔ, *daŋ, *daŋs).

Han compound

細賬／细账 [Hong Kong Cantonese] ― sai³ zoeng³ [Jyutping] ― alternate acount


踢

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *tʰeːɡ): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 易 (OC *leːɡs, *leɡ).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-t(j/w)ak (“to kick”) (STEDT).

inh

(Internet) to kick (from a group, forum, etc.)


踩

/t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰaːi̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴/

/t͡sʰaːi̯³⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 采.


nick

a user’s reserved nick on an IRC network

/nick Changes your nickname—the name by which other IRCers see and refer to you—to anything you'd like (but remember that nine characters is the maximum nick length).

1995, Donald Rose, Internet Chat Quick Tour: Real-time Conversations & Communications Online, Chapel Hill, N.C.: Ventana Press, →ISBN, page 42:

Also, ERC, like Emacs, is extremely modular and flexible. It is, of course, a free software program, but there are also many existing modules from nick highlighting to autoaway that you can use.

2014, Josh Datko, “Chatting Off-the-record”, in BeagleBone for Secret Agents: Bbrowse Anonymously, Communicate Secretly, and Create Custom Security Solutions with Open Source Software, the BeagleBone Black, and Cryptographic Hardware (Community Experience Distilled), Birmingham, West Midlands: Packt Publishing, →ISBN:


nick

nick (nominative singular)
nicki (nominative plural)
nicka (genitive singular)
nicków (genitive plural)
nickowi (dative singular)
nickom (dative plural)
nick (accusative singular)
nicki (accusative plural)
nickiem (instrumental singular)
nickami (instrumental plural)
nicku (locative singular)
nickach (locative plural)
nicku (singular vocative)
nicki (plural vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from English nick(name).

ubor

(Internet) nickname (familiar, invented given name)


nick

Meu nick é Ícaro. Nick igual ao meu nome de verdade. Não invento apelidos na web, acho nada a ver ficar se escondendo atrás de outros nomes que não sejam o meu mesmo.

2013, Caio Riter, “voodeicaro.blogspot.com” (chapter 3), in Luiz Antonio Aguiar, compiler, Internautas: os chips reinventando o nosso dia a dia, São Paulo: Melhoramentos, →ISBN, page 19:

My nick is Ícaro. A nick just like my real name. I don't make up nickames on the Web, I find it nonsensical to hide behind other names that aren't my own.


轆

→ Thai: รอก (rɔ̂ɔk, “pulley”)

(to browse through): probably a semantic extension of “wheel”, via the use of a scroll wheel.

轆IG／辘IG [Cantonese] ― luk¹ aai¹ zi¹ [Jyutping] ― to browse Instagram

(Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet) to browse through; to scroll through


carbon

en-verb

carbon (third-person singular simple present carbons, present participle carboning, simple past and past participle carboned)

carbons (present singular third-person)
carboning (participle present)
carboned (participle past)
carboned (past)
carbone (alternative)

Borrowed from French carbone, coined by Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin carbō, carbōnem (“charcoal, coal”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (“to burn”).

der

When I send it, I’ll carbon Julia so she’s aware.

(Internet, transitive, uncommon) To cause (someone) to receive a carbon copy of an email message.


carbon copy

carbon copies (plural)
carbon-copy (alternative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-carbon copy.wav

(Internet) A duplicate copy of an email.


carbon copy

en-verb

carbon copy (third-person singular simple present carbon copies, present participle carbon copying, simple past and past participle carbon copied)

carbon copies (present singular third-person)
carbon copying (participle present)
carbon copied (participle past)
carbon copied (past)
carbon-copy (alternative)

(Internet) To send a duplicate copy of an email to.


CC

en-noun

CC (countable and uncountable, plural CCs)

Alternative form: cc

Mikhail Gorbachev was the last General Secretary of the CC of the CPSU.

Central Committee
Central Committee#English

(politics) Initialism of Central Committee.


CC

Creative Commons
Creative Commons#English


CC

en-verb

CC (third-person singular simple present CCs, present participle CCing, simple past and past participle CCed)

CCs (present singular third-person)
CCing (participle present)
CCed (participle past)
CCed (past)

Alternative form: cc

Please email the file to me and CC it to my manager.

Please email me a summary and CC my manager too.

(Internet, transitive) Initialism of carbon copy.


shopping cart

/ˈʃɑpɪŋ kɑɹt/

(Internet) The stored list of items that a person has chosen to purchase during an online shopping session but has not yet confirmed.


Impressum

de-noun

Impressum n (strong, genitive Impressums, plural Impressen)

Impressums (genitive)
Impressen (plural)
Impressum (nominative singular)
Impressen (definite nominative plural)
Impressums (genitive singular)
Impressen (definite genitive plural)
Impressum (dative singular)
Impressen (dative definite plural)
Impressum (accusative singular)
Impressen (accusative definite plural)

(publishing, chiefly Internet) A statement detailing the authorship and ownership of a document or website.


IX

(Internet) Initialism of Internet exchange.


real

real (nominative singular)
realu (genitive singular)
realowi (dative singular)
real (accusative singular)
realem (instrumental singular)
realu (locative singular)
realu (singular vocative)

(Internet, slang) reality, real life, real world (physical reality as opposed to virtual reality)


online

pl-adj

online (not comparable, no derived adverb)

Unadapted borrowing from English online.

on-line (alternative)
on line (alternative)
onlajn (alternative)

Coordinate term: offline

(Internet) online (available over the Internet)


online

Coordinate term: offline

(Internet) online (performed over Internet)


online

online (nominative singular)
online'u (genitive singular)
online'owi (dative singular)
online (accusative singular)
online'em (instrumental singular)
onlinie (locative singular)
onlinie (singular vocative)
on-line (alternative)
on line (alternative)
onlajn (alternative)

Coordinate term: offline

(colloquial, Internet) online (Internet-connected mode of operation)


POP

(telecommunications) Acronym of point of presence.

One commonly used POP (persistent organic pollutant), organochlorine, may be responsible for contaminating the world's seafood supply, since pesticides can run off the land into streams, lakes, and reservoirs.

2009, Edward Group, Complete Colon Cleanse: The At-Home Detox Program to Restore Good Health, Boost Vitality, and Ensure Longevity, Ulysses Press, →ISBN, page 91:

persistent organic pollutant
persistent organic pollutant#English

(environmental science) Acronym of persistent organic pollutant.


POP

Post Office Protocol
w:Post Office Protocol

(Internet) Acronym of Post Office Protocol.


POP

Acronym of post office preferred. (denoting a standard envelope size)


dash

From Middle English daschen, dassen, from Danish daske (“to slap, strike”), related to Swedish daska (“to smack, slap, spank”), of obscure origin. Compare German tatschen (“to grope, paw”), Old English dwǣsċan (“to quell, put out, destroy, extinguish”). See also dush.

noncog

-i hope you find at least one thing on your dash that will make you laugh today.

2018, anonymous, quoted in Mélanie Bourdaa, "'May We Meet Again': Social Bonds, Activities, and Identities in the #Clexa Fandom", in A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies (ed. Paul Booth), page 392

i cannot tell you how happy it makes me when i see my dash filled with selfies from other folks who look like me.

2018, "notthesameknowledge", quoted in Randall Lake, Recovering Argument, unnumbered page

“You wanna know what else is all over my dash? Gifs of you and your boyfriend."

2018, Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie, Alphas Like Us, unnumbered page:

(Internet, informal) The dashboard of a social media user.

Short for dashboard.
The dashboard of a social media user.


net

netek (plural)
net (nominative singular)
netek (nominative plural)
netet (accusative singular)
neteket (accusative plural)
netnek (dative singular)
neteknek (dative plural)
nettel (instrumental singular)
netekkel (instrumental plural)
netért (causal-final singular)
netekért (causal-final plural)
netté (singular translative)
netekké (plural translative)
netig (singular terminative)
netekig (plural terminative)
netként (essive-formal singular)
netekként (essive-formal plural)
netben (inessive singular)
netekben (inessive plural)
neten (singular superessive)
neteken (plural superessive)
netnél (adessive singular)
neteknél (adessive plural)
netbe (illative singular)
netekbe (illative plural)
netre (singular sublative)
netekre (plural sublative)
nethez (allative singular)
netekhez (allative plural)
netből (elative singular)
netekből (elative plural)
netről (delative singular)
netekről (delative plural)
nettől (ablative singular)
netektől (ablative plural)
neté (singular)
neteké (plural)
netéi (singular)
netekéi (plural)
netem (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
neteim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
neted (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
neteid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
nete (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
netei (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
netünk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
neteink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
netetek (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
neteitek (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
netük (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
neteik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

(informal, computing, Internet) Internet


net

is-noun

net n (genitive singular nets, nominative plural net)

nets (genitive singular)
net (nominative plural)
net (indefinite nominative singular)
netið (definite nominative singular)
net (indefinite nominative plural)
netin (definite nominative plural)
net (accusative indefinite singular)
netið (accusative definite singular)
net (accusative indefinite plural)
netin (accusative definite plural)
neti (dative indefinite singular)
netinu (dative definite singular)
netum (dative indefinite plural)
netunum (dative definite plural)
nets (genitive indefinite singular)
netsins (definite genitive singular)
neta (genitive indefinite plural)
netanna (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse net, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).

der

Ég þoli þetta ekki, ég kemst ekki á netið.

I can't stand it, I can't connect to the internet.

(computing, usually definite) the Internet


chop

IRC supports mechanisms for the enforcement of acceptable behaviour on IRC. Channel operators — "chanops" or "chops" — have access to the /kick command, which throws a specified user out of the given channel.

1996, Peter Ludlow, High Noon on the Electronic Frontier, page 404:


mail

mail (nominative singular)
maile (nominative plural)
maila (genitive singular)
maili (genitive plural)
mailów (genitive plural)
mailowi (dative singular)
mailom (dative plural)
mail (accusative singular)
maile (accusative plural)
mailem (instrumental singular)
mailami (instrumental plural)
mailu (locative singular)
mailach (locative plural)
mailu (singular vocative)
maile (plural vocative)


after dark

(Internet) An 18+ account of a content creator, typically on Twitter (X).


user

From Middle English usere, equivalent to use + -er. Cognate with Scots usar, uiser (“user”).

parasite

one that unfairly takes advantage of or exploits

(Internet, informal) Clipping of username.


share

→ Thai: แชร์ (chɛɛ)

From Middle English schare, schere, from Old English sċearu (“a cutting, shaving, a shearing, tonsure, part, division, share”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaru, from Proto-Germanic *skarō (“a division, detachment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut, divide”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian skar, sker (“a share in a communal pasture”), Dutch schare (“share in property”), German Schar (“band, troop, party, company”), Icelandic skor (“department”). Compare shard, shear. Doublet of eschel.

cog

Social media is supervisual, and there's nothing more shareable than images, so this is a way to increase shares and likes and follows.

2016, Brooke Warner, Green-Light Your Book:

(social media) The action of sharing something with other people via social media.


share

en-verb

share (third-person singular simple present shares, present participle sharing, simple past and past participle shared)

shares (present singular third-person)
sharing (participle present)
shared (participle past)
shared (past)

(computing, Internet) To allow public or private sharing of computer data or space in a network

teilen

(computing, Internet) to allow public or private sharing of computer data or space in a network


newbie

Uncertain: perhaps an alteration of newie with intrusive b (compare freebie), possibly a blend of newborn + baby, or perhaps a shortening of new boy or new beginner.

(Internet) A new user or participant; someone who is extremely new and inexperienced (to a game or activity). A beginner.


flood

flood (third-person singular simple present floods, present participle flooding, simple past and past participle flooded)

floods (present singular third-person)
flooding (participle present)
flooded (participle past)
flooded (past)
floud (alternative)

From Middle English flod, from Old English flōd, from Proto-West Germanic *flōdu, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from *plew- (“to flow”). Cognate with Scots flude, fluid, Saterland Frisian Floud, Dutch vloed, German Flut, Danish flod, Icelandic flóð, and Gothic 𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 (flōdus).

There's also a spam filter in the code now, so if someone attempts to flood people's screens with macros or a bot, everything after the first few lines is thrown away.

1998, Dr. Cat, “Furry web site plug”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet):

(Internet, ambitransitive) To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.


publish

publish (third-person singular simple present publishes, present participle publishing, simple past and past participle published)

publishes (present singular third-person)
publishing (participle present)
published (participle past)
published (past)
publish (infinitive)

private

To make (information such as an event) available to components that wish to be notified

From Middle English publicen (by analogy with banish, finish), from Old French publier, from Latin publicare (“to make public, show or tell to the people, make known, declare, also (and earlier) confiscate for public use”), from publicus (“pertaining to the people, public”); see public.

der

(Internet, transitive) To disseminate (a message) publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.

julkaista

(Internet) to disseminate publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.


trout

en-verb

trout (third-person singular simple present trouts, present participle trouting, simple past and past participle trouted)

trouts (present singular third-person)
trouting (participle present)
trouted (participle past)
trouted (past)

From Middle English troute, troughte, trught, trouȝt, trouhte, partly from Old English truht (“trout”), and partly from Old French truite; both from Late Latin tructa, perhaps from Ancient Greek τρώκτης (trṓktēs, “nibbler”), from τρώγω (trṓgō, “I gnaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, to turn”). The Internet verb sense originated on BBSes of the 1980s, probably from Monty Python's The Fish-Slapping Dance (1972), though that sketch involved a halibut.

der

(transitive, Internet chat) To (figuratively) slap someone with a slimy, stinky, wet trout; to admonish jocularly.

truchear

Internet. To figuratively slap someone with a slimy, stinky, wet trout; to admonish jocularly.


wat

Variation of what, used for humorous effect.

(informal, Internet, text messaging) Alternative spelling of what


spam

en-noun

spam (countable and uncountable, plural spams)

spams (plural)
Spam (alternative)
SPAM (alternative)

The original sense (canned ham) is a proprietary name registered by Geo. A. Hormel & Co. in U.S., 1937. It is presumed to be a conflation of either "spiced ham" or "shoulder of pork and ham" but was soon extended to other kinds of canned meat. Hormel spells the trademarked name in all upper case.
The use for unsolicited and unwanted email derives from a Monty Python sketch (Flying Circus, Episode 25). In the 1970 sketch, a group of Vikings in a restaurant repeatedly chant the word "spam". The earliest recorded real-life use for this sense occurs around 1993 which finds reference in a newsgroup post dated March 31, 1993.
The term appears to have been used earlier in a different sense in relation to "Multi-User Dungeons" (MUDs), a kind of multi-user computer gaming environment before widespread use of the Internet, in the 1980s.

I get far too much spam.

I received 58 spams yesterday.

Coordinate term: bacn

In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%. That means about $165 billion was spent not on drumming up business, but on annoying people, creating landfill and cluttering spam filters.

2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8837, page 74:

(uncountable, rarely countable, computing, Internet) Unsolicited bulk electronic messages.

An Act to provide for the control of spam, which is unsolicited commercial communications sent in bulk by electronic mail or by text or multi-media messaging to mobile telephone numbers, and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Long title, Spam Control Act (Cap. 311A, R. Ed. 2008)

(uncountable, computing, Internet) Any undesired electronic content automatically generated for commercial purposes.

(Internet) Excessive, often unwanted and repeated online messages.


spam

en-verb

spam (third-person singular simple present spams, present participle spamming, simple past and past participle spammed)

spams (present singular third-person)
spamming (participle present)
spammed (participle past)
spammed (past)
Spam (alternative)
SPAM (alternative)

(intransitive, computing, Internet) To send spam (i.e. unsolicited electronic messages.)

(transitive, computing, Internet) To send spam (i.e. unsolicited electronic messages) to a person or entity.

(transitive, intransitive, computing, Internet) To send messages repeatedly, often with disruptive effect; to flood.


spam

spamek (plural)
spam (nominative singular)
spamek (nominative plural)
spamet (accusative singular)
spameket (accusative plural)
spamnek (dative singular)
spameknek (dative plural)
spammel (instrumental singular)
spamekkel (instrumental plural)
spamért (causal-final singular)
spamekért (causal-final plural)
spammé (singular translative)
spamekké (plural translative)
spamig (singular terminative)
spamekig (plural terminative)
spamként (essive-formal singular)
spamekként (essive-formal plural)
spamben (inessive singular)
spamekben (inessive plural)
spamen (singular superessive)
spameken (plural superessive)
spamnél (adessive singular)
spameknél (adessive plural)
spambe (illative singular)
spamekbe (illative plural)
spamre (singular sublative)
spamekre (plural sublative)
spamhez (allative singular)
spamekhez (allative plural)
spamből (elative singular)
spamekből (elative plural)
spamről (delative singular)
spamekről (delative plural)
spamtől (ablative singular)
spamektől (ablative plural)
spamé (singular)
spameké (plural)
spaméi (singular)
spamekéi (plural)
spamem (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
spameim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
spamed (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
spameid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
spame (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
spamei (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
spamünk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
spameink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
spametek (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
spameitek (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
spamük (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
spameik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)


spam

spam (nominative singular)
spamu (genitive singular)
spamowi (dative singular)
spam (accusative singular)
spamem (instrumental singular)
spamie (locative singular)
spamie (singular vocative)

(computing, Internet) spam (unsolicited bulk electronic messages)


spam

spamuri (plural)
spam (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
spamul (accusative definite nominative singular)
spamuri (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
spamurile (accusative definite nominative plural)
spam (indefinite singular)
spamului (definite singular)
spamuri (indefinite singular)
spamurilor (definite plural)
spamule (singular vocative)
spamurilor (vocative)


spam

spȃm (canonical inanimate masculine)
spȇm (alternative)


spam

head

spam (definite accusative spamı, plural spamlar)

spamı (accusative definite)
spamlar (plural)
spam (nominative singular)
spamlar (nominative plural)
spamı (accusative definite singular)
spamları (accusative definite plural)
spama (dative singular)
spamlara (dative plural)
spamda (locative singular)
spamlarda (locative plural)
spamdan (ablative singular)
spamlardan (ablative plural)
spamın (genitive singular)
spamların (genitive plural)
spamım (first-person nominative singular)
spamlarım (first-person nominative singular)
spamın (nominative second-person singular)
spamların (nominative second-person singular)
spamı (nominative singular third-person)
spamları (nominative singular third-person)
spamımız (first-person nominative plural)
spamlarımız (first-person nominative plural)
spamınız (nominative plural second-person)
spamlarınız (nominative plural second-person)
spamları (nominative plural third-person)
spamımı (accusative definite first-person singular)
spamlarımı (accusative definite first-person singular)
spamını (accusative definite second-person singular)
spamlarını (accusative definite second-person singular)
spamını (accusative definite singular third-person)
spamlarını (accusative definite singular third-person)
spamımızı (accusative definite first-person plural)
spamlarımızı (accusative definite first-person plural)
spamınızı (accusative definite plural second-person)
spamlarınızı (accusative definite plural second-person)
spamlarını (accusative definite plural third-person)
spamıma (dative first-person singular)
spamlarıma (dative first-person singular)
spamına (dative second-person singular)
spamlarına (dative second-person singular)
spamına (dative singular third-person)
spamlarına (dative singular third-person)
spamımıza (dative first-person plural)
spamlarımıza (dative first-person plural)
spamınıza (dative plural second-person)
spamlarınıza (dative plural second-person)
spamlarına (dative plural third-person)
spamımda (first-person locative singular)
spamlarımda (first-person locative singular)
spamında (locative second-person singular)
spamlarında (locative second-person singular)
spamında (locative singular third-person)
spamlarında (locative singular third-person)
spamımızda (first-person locative plural)
spamlarımızda (first-person locative plural)
spamınızda (locative plural second-person)
spamlarınızda (locative plural second-person)
spamlarında (locative plural third-person)
spamımdan (ablative first-person singular)
spamlarımdan (ablative first-person singular)
spamından (ablative second-person singular)
spamlarından (ablative second-person singular)
spamından (ablative singular third-person)
spamlarından (ablative singular third-person)
spamımızdan (ablative first-person plural)
spamlarımızdan (ablative first-person plural)
spamınızdan (ablative plural second-person)
spamlarınızdan (ablative plural second-person)
spamlarından (ablative plural third-person)
spamımın (first-person genitive singular)
spamlarımın (first-person genitive singular)
spamının (genitive second-person singular)
spamlarının (genitive second-person singular)
spamının (genitive singular third-person)
spamlarının (genitive singular third-person)
spamımızın (first-person genitive plural)
spamlarımızın (first-person genitive plural)
spamınızın (genitive plural second-person)
spamlarınızın (genitive plural second-person)
spamlarının (genitive plural third-person)


invisible

From Middle English invisible, from Old French invisible, from Late Latin invīsibilis. Displaced native Old English unġesewenlīċ.
Morphologically in- + visible.

I went invisible so that my ex-girlfriend wouldn't send me instant messages.

(Internet) Apparently, but not actually, offline.


lock

en-verb

lock (third-person singular simple present locks, present participle locking, simple past locked, past participle locked or (obsolete) locken)

locks (present singular third-person)
locking (participle present)
locked (past)
locked (participle past)
locken (obsolete participle past)

unlock

antonym(s) of “to fasten with a lock, to be capable of becoming fastened in place”

From Middle English lok, from Old English loc, from Proto-West Germanic *lok, from Proto-Germanic *luką from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend; turn”). The verb is from Middle English locken, lokken, louken, from Old English lūcan, Proto-West Germanic *lūkan, from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną. Related to luxe via Latin.

der

lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen

lock the stable door after the horse has bolted

(Internet, transitive) To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it.

заключвам

(internet) to stop others contributing to a thread, etc.

Frequently-vandalized pages are generally locked to prevent further damage.

(Internet, wiki jargon, transitive) To prevent a page from being edited by other users.


Internet Relay Chat

(Internet) A protocol for instant communication via the Internet. Users connect to a network and join channels (chat rooms) where they can converse in typed text with other participants.


dio

Bana dio sen benim en yakınımsın.

He (or she) tells me you are my closest relative.

(Internet, sms) Alternative form of diyor


AS

autonomous system
w:autonomous system (Internet)

(Internet) Initialism of autonomous system.


fo

(Internet, Internet slang) to follow (subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform)


BBS

en-noun

BBS (countable and uncountable, plural BBSes or BBSs)

BBSes (plural)
BBSs (plural)
B.B.S. (alternative)
B. B. S. (alternative)

Parallel to the emergence of text-based multiplayer games, though, was another kind of virtual community: Bulletin Boards (BBSs). BBSs were modems people could dial up to, connect with, and exchange software and messages with other members of the community. […] These BBSs, early frontier outposts of our virtual worlds, were John Lester’s first experience of a community outside the physical.

2007, Tim Guest, “Lester Prototype: The Beginning of Virtual Worlds”, in Second Lives: A Journey Through Virtual Worlds, London: Hutchinson, →ISBN, page 60:

bulletin board system
bulletin board system#English

bulletin board service
bulletin board service#English

(telecommunications, Internet) Initialism of bulletin board system or bulletin board service.


ghost

ghost (countable and uncountable, plural ghosts)

ghosts (plural)
ghoast (alternative)
gost (alternative)

→ Japanese: ゴースト (gōsuto)

Inherited from Middle English gost, from Old English gāst (which was the word for “spirit” as well as “ghost”; the original sense survives in Modern English Holy Ghost), from Proto-West Germanic *gaist, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéysdos, derived from *ǵʰéysd- (“anger, agitation”).
The ⟨h⟩ in the spelling appears in the Prologue to William Caxton's Royal Book, printed in 1484, in a reference to the ‘Holy Ghoost’, likely introduced by Caxton's assistant, Wynkyn de Worde, as a result of Flemish influence, where it was spelled gheest at the time. Doublet of geist.

This will let you open a query with NickServ again so you can remove your “ghost” from the server: […]

2004, Paul Mutton, IRC Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools, page 31:

(Internet) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.


ghost

en-verb

ghost (third-person singular simple present ghosts, present participle ghosting, simple past and past participle ghosted)

ghosts (present singular third-person)
ghosting (participle present)
ghosted (participle past)
ghosted (past)
ghoast (alternative)
gost (alternative)

ghostol

computing: to copy a file or record — see also copy

I'm so untechnical that I once ghosted a registered IRC nick and then tried to identify myself to NickServ with the valid password before actually changing my nick to the aforementioned moniker.

2001, Luke, “to leave (vb.): Hurg [OT]”, in alt.games.lucas-arts.monkey-island (Usenet):

(Internet, transitive) To forcibly disconnect an IRC user who is using one's reserved nickname.

I’ve recently been trying out Tinder, and while I match with people and even chat with them everything seems to be going well, but whenever I bring up meeting IRL, they are quick to ghost me.

2015 October 15, “Why is it so hard to go from chatting on Tinder to meeting up in real life?”, in The Guardian:

By 6 p.m., I had a list of restaurants to try from Hamish, a chef who couldn’t meet, a follow-up from Adam (“I’ve never seen a room at the Ace....”), and an offer from Agoraphobic Paul to come over and “have a joint and a cuddle.” I’d confirmed a walking tour of Greenwich from Max, who ghosted.

2016 March 21, Allison P. Davies, “What I Learned Tindering My Way Across Europe”, in Travel + Leisure, archived from the original on 2018-01-06:

Tinder knows me so well. It knows the real, inglorious version of me who copy-pasted the same joke to match 567, 568, and 569; who exchanged compulsively with 16 different people simultaneously one New Year’s Day, and then ghosted 16 of them.

2017 September 26, Judith Duportail, “I asked Tinder for my data. It sent me 800 pages of my deepest, darkest secrets”, in The Guardian:

He had texted, called, and emailed a bunch since then. I hadn't meant to ghost, but it was just easier not to deal with it.

2018, Ling Ma, chapter 17, in Severance, →ISBN:

(slang, social media) To perform an act of ghosting: to break up with someone without warning or explanation; to ignore someone, especially on social media.

ghosten

slang, social media: to perform an act of ghosting: to break up with someone without warning or explanation; to ignore someone, especially on social media


log

nl-noun

log n or m (plural logs, diminutive logje n)


local

From Middle English local, from Late Latin locālis (“belonging to a place”), possibly also via Old French local; ultimately from Latin locus (“a place”).
The ring-theoretic senses derive from Krull, who first referred to Noetherian commutative rings with a unique maximal ideal as "Stellenring" (Stellen (“place”) + ring) in 1938. The term was inspired by algebraic geometry, where local rings encode information about the behavior of curves (surfaces, etc.) at points; hence, describe "local" behavior.

der

Her camera roll is filled with pictures and videos of her idol, she doesn't let any of her friends see her account because "no locals allowed", […]

2018, Max Ghasserani, "Spill The Tea On A Sister Skinny Legend", The Investigator (Green Valley High School, Henderson, NV), October 2018, page 25

Locals are characterised by their seeming lack of involvement or ~expertise~ on the platform.

2018 October 16, Fergal Smiddy, “The 6 Types of People You Meet on Twitter”, in University Express, University College Cork, Ireland, page 11:

Heck, even locals sometimes use GIFs of her when they feel like tweeting with taste.

2019, Avin Abelardo, "Deep Dive Into The World Of Troll Twitter Memes", Echoes (University of the Philippines), February/March 2019, page 60

(fandom slang, derogatory) A Twitter user who is not a part of Stan Twitter.


follower

→ Ukrainian: фоловер (folover)

/ˈfɒləʊə(ɹ)/

From Middle English folwer, folwere, folȝere, from Old English folgere (“follower; attendant; disciple”), equivalent to follow + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foulger, West Frisian folger, Dutch volger, German Folger, Swedish följare.

inh

Coordinate term: followee

I have over 50 followers on Twitter, but all my tweets only get 10 likes.

Talking bout these other rappers getting old is even getting old / Worrying about your followers, you need to get your dollars up

2012, “Amen”, in Dreamchasers 2, performed by Meek Mill ft. Drake:

(social media) An account holder who subscribes to see content from another account on a social media platform.


follower

(Internet) follower (on Twitter and similar sites)


follower

follower (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
followant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
followé (participle past)
followe (first-person indicative present singular)
followes (indicative present second-person singular)
followe (indicative present singular third-person)
followons (first-person indicative plural present)
followez (indicative plural present second-person)
followent (indicative plural present third-person)
followais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
followais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
followait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
followions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
followiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
followaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
followai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
followas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
followa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
followâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
followâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
followèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
followerai (first-person future indicative singular)
followeras (future indicative second-person singular)
followera (future indicative singular third-person)
followerons (first-person future indicative plural)
followerez (future indicative plural second-person)
followeront (future indicative plural third-person)
followerais (conditional first-person singular)
followerais (conditional second-person singular)
followerait (conditional singular third-person)
followerions (conditional first-person plural)
followeriez (conditional plural second-person)
followeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
followe (first-person present singular subjunctive)
followes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
followe (present singular subjunctive third-person)
followions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
followiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
followent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
followasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
followasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
followât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
followassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
followassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
followassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
followe (imperative second-person singular)
followons (first-person imperative plural)
followez (imperative plural second-person)

(Internet) to follow (on Twitter and similar sites)


cyberspace

en-noun

cyberspace (countable and uncountable, plural cyberspaces)

Blend of cybernetics + space, equivalent to cyber- + space, coined by American-Canadian speculative fiction writer William Gibson in his short story collection Burning Chrome (1982) and popularized in his novel Neuromancer (1984).

coin

A world of information accessed through the Internet.

Meanwhile, the pioneers of the computer-mediated communication networks collectively referred to as cyberspace are not willing to wait. Employing whatever tools they can find, they are constantly pushing the techno-cultural envelope. Life in cyberspace is often conducted in primitive, frontier conditions, but it is a life which, at its best, is more egalitarian than elitist, and more decentralized than hierarchical.

1993 March, Mitch Kapor, “Where Is the Digital Highway Really Heading?”, in Wired Magazine:

However, some have accused cyberspace of provoking a dangerous collapse in the old order of civilised society. The shift in the balance of power online has given rise to a more powerful concern: the rise of the uncivil web.

2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in The Guardian:

If, as we knew with increasing certainty, Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, and others were contesting us in cyberspace, it was time to fight back.

2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 175:

“We call on all states, including China, to uphold their international commitments and obligations and to act responsibly in the international system, including in cyberspace,” according to a statement from NATO.

2021 July 19, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, David E. Sanger, quoting NATO, “U.S. Formally Accuses China of Hacking Microsoft”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(by extension, somewhat dated) The Internet as a whole.


Internet cafe

Internet cafes (plural)
Internet café (alternative)
internet cafe (alternative)
internet café (alternative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Internet cafe.wav

The Iranian police have closed down 24 Internet cafes and other coffee shops in as many hours, detaining 23 people, as part of a broad crackdown on immoral behavior, official news media said Sunday.

2007 December 17, “Police in Iran Shut 24 Internet Cafes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

A place where one can use a computer with Internet access for a fee.


draft

en-noun

draft (countable and uncountable, plural drafts)

A phonetic spelling of draught (compare laughter), from Middle English draught, draght (“that which is pulled; that which is drawn up, a design”), from Old English *dreaht, *dræht, from Proto-West Germanic *drahti, *drahtu, from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz (“a pulling, drawing”), equivalent to draw (“to draw, drag”) + -t. Cognate with Dutch dracht, German Tracht, Icelandic dráttur.


ny

(slang, Internet, text messaging) Initialism of người yêu.


IP address

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-IP address.wav

(Internet) A number assigned to each computer's or other device's network interface, which are active on a network. supporting the Internet Protocol, in order to distinguish each network interface, and hence each networked device) from every other network interface anywhere on the network.

عُنْوَان آي بِي

number assigned to each computer's network interface


spim

en-noun

spim (usually uncountable, plural spims)

(Internet) Unsolicited commercial messages sent via an instant messaging system.


ketju

ketju (nominative singular)
ketjut (nominative plural)
ketju (accusative nominative singular)
ketjut (accusative nominative plural)
ketjun (accusative genitive singular)
ketjut (accusative genitive plural)
ketjun (genitive singular)
ketjujen (genitive plural)
ketjua (partitive singular)
ketjuja (partitive plural)
ketjussa (inessive singular)
ketjuissa (inessive plural)
ketjusta (elative singular)
ketjuista (elative plural)
ketjuun (illative singular)
ketjuihin (illative plural)
ketjulla (adessive singular)
ketjuilla (adessive plural)
ketjulta (ablative singular)
ketjuilta (ablative plural)
ketjulle (allative singular)
ketjuille (allative plural)
ketjuna (essive singular)
ketjuina (essive plural)
ketjuksi (singular translative)
ketjuiksi (plural translative)
ketjutta (abessive singular)
ketjuitta (abessive plural)
ketjuin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
ketjuni (nominative singular)
ketjuni (nominative plural)
ketjuni (accusative nominative singular)
ketjuni (accusative nominative plural)
ketjuni (accusative genitive singular)
ketjuni (accusative genitive plural)
ketjuni (genitive singular)
ketjujeni (genitive plural)
ketjuani (partitive singular)
ketjujani (partitive plural)
ketjussani (inessive singular)
ketjuissani (inessive plural)
ketjustani (elative singular)
ketjuistani (elative plural)
ketjuuni (illative singular)
ketjuihini (illative plural)
ketjullani (adessive singular)
ketjuillani (adessive plural)
ketjultani (ablative singular)
ketjuiltani (ablative plural)
ketjulleni (allative singular)
ketjuilleni (allative plural)
ketjunani (essive singular)
ketjuinani (essive plural)
ketjukseni (singular translative)
ketjuikseni (plural translative)
ketjuttani (abessive singular)
ketjuittani (abessive plural)
ketjuineni (comitative plural)
ketjusi (nominative singular)
ketjusi (nominative plural)
ketjusi (accusative nominative singular)
ketjusi (accusative nominative plural)
ketjusi (accusative genitive singular)
ketjusi (accusative genitive plural)
ketjusi (genitive singular)
ketjujesi (genitive plural)
ketjuasi (partitive singular)
ketjujasi (partitive plural)
ketjussasi (inessive singular)
ketjuissasi (inessive plural)
ketjustasi (elative singular)
ketjuistasi (elative plural)
ketjuusi (illative singular)
ketjuihisi (illative plural)
ketjullasi (adessive singular)
ketjuillasi (adessive plural)
ketjultasi (ablative singular)
ketjuiltasi (ablative plural)
ketjullesi (allative singular)
ketjuillesi (allative plural)
ketjunasi (essive singular)
ketjuinasi (essive plural)
ketjuksesi (singular translative)
ketjuiksesi (plural translative)
ketjuttasi (abessive singular)
ketjuittasi (abessive plural)
ketjuinesi (comitative plural)
ketjumme (nominative singular)
ketjumme (nominative plural)
ketjumme (accusative nominative singular)
ketjumme (accusative nominative plural)
ketjumme (accusative genitive singular)
ketjumme (accusative genitive plural)
ketjumme (genitive singular)
ketjujemme (genitive plural)
ketjuamme (partitive singular)
ketjujamme (partitive plural)
ketjussamme (inessive singular)
ketjuissamme (inessive plural)
ketjustamme (elative singular)
ketjuistamme (elative plural)
ketjuumme (illative singular)
ketjuihimme (illative plural)
ketjullamme (adessive singular)
ketjuillamme (adessive plural)
ketjultamme (ablative singular)
ketjuiltamme (ablative plural)
ketjullemme (allative singular)
ketjuillemme (allative plural)
ketjunamme (essive singular)
ketjuinamme (essive plural)
ketjuksemme (singular translative)
ketjuiksemme (plural translative)
ketjuttamme (abessive singular)
ketjuittamme (abessive plural)
ketjuinemme (comitative plural)
ketjunne (nominative singular)
ketjunne (nominative plural)
ketjunne (accusative nominative singular)
ketjunne (accusative nominative plural)
ketjunne (accusative genitive singular)
ketjunne (accusative genitive plural)
ketjunne (genitive singular)
ketjujenne (genitive plural)
ketjuanne (partitive singular)
ketjujanne (partitive plural)
ketjussanne (inessive singular)
ketjuissanne (inessive plural)
ketjustanne (elative singular)
ketjuistanne (elative plural)
ketjuunne (illative singular)
ketjuihinne (illative plural)
ketjullanne (adessive singular)
ketjuillanne (adessive plural)
ketjultanne (ablative singular)
ketjuiltanne (ablative plural)
ketjullenne (allative singular)
ketjuillenne (allative plural)
ketjunanne (essive singular)
ketjuinanne (essive plural)
ketjuksenne (singular translative)
ketjuiksenne (plural translative)
ketjuttanne (abessive singular)
ketjuittanne (abessive plural)
ketjuinenne (comitative plural)
ketjunsa (nominative singular)
ketjunsa (nominative plural)
ketjunsa (accusative nominative singular)
ketjunsa (accusative nominative plural)
ketjunsa (accusative genitive singular)
ketjunsa (accusative genitive plural)
ketjunsa (genitive singular)
ketjujensa (genitive plural)
ketjuaan (partitive singular)
ketjuansa (partitive singular)
ketjujaan (partitive plural)
ketjujansa (partitive plural)
ketjussaan (inessive singular)
ketjussansa (inessive singular)
ketjuissaan (inessive plural)
ketjuissansa (inessive plural)
ketjustaan (elative singular)
ketjustansa (elative singular)
ketjuistaan (elative plural)
ketjuistansa (elative plural)
ketjuunsa (illative singular)
ketjuihinsa (illative plural)
ketjullaan (adessive singular)
ketjullansa (adessive singular)
ketjuillaan (adessive plural)
ketjuillansa (adessive plural)
ketjultaan (ablative singular)
ketjultansa (ablative singular)
ketjuiltaan (ablative plural)
ketjuiltansa (ablative plural)
ketjulleen (allative singular)
ketjullensa (allative singular)
ketjuilleen (allative plural)
ketjuillensa (allative plural)
ketjunaan (essive singular)
ketjunansa (essive singular)
ketjuinaan (essive plural)
ketjuinansa (essive plural)
ketjukseen (singular translative)
ketjuksensa (singular translative)
ketjuikseen (plural translative)
ketjuiksensa (plural translative)
ketjuttaan (abessive singular)
ketjuttansa (abessive singular)
ketjuittaan (abessive plural)
ketjuittansa (abessive plural)
ketjuineen (comitative plural)
ketjuinensa (comitative plural)

Borrowed from Swedish kedja, ultimately from Latin catēna, compare Karelian ket’t’u.

(Internet) thread (on a bulletin board or a newsgroup)


IP

IP (countable and uncountable, plural IPs)

This IP made a disruptive edit!

en:unregistered user identified by their IP address

(wiki jargon, chiefly Wikimedia jargon, metonymically) An unregistered user identified by their IP address.

wiki jargon; chiefly Wikimedia jargon; wiki jargon; chiefly Wikimedia jargon


IP

IP address

Internet Protocol
Internet Protocol#English

(Internet, networking) Initialism of Internet Protocol.


thread

From Middle English thred, þred, threed, from Old English þrǣd, from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-s, from *terh₁- (“rub, twist”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Träid (“thread, wire”), West Frisian tried, Dutch draad, German Draht, Norwegian, Danish and Swedish tråd, and Icelandic þráður. Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian dredh (“twist, turn”). More at throw.

cog

(Internet) A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first are replies to previous messages in the thread.


thread

Unadapted borrowing from English thread.

(Internet) thread (series of grouped messages)


poke

en-verb

poke (third-person singular simple present pokes, present participle poking, simple past and past participle poked)

pokes (present singular third-person)
poking (participle present)
poked (participle past)
poked (past)

From Middle English poken, perhaps from Middle Dutch poken or Middle Low German poken, both from Proto-West Germanic *pukōn or similar, which is itself of uncertain origin, but may be from an imitative Proto-Germanic root *puk-. Doublet of poach.

onomatopoeic

imitative

you don't look at the mantelpiece when you poke the fire

Indeed, when we poke users who normally do not have access to our profiles, they will be able to temporarily see our Basic Info, Work Info, and Education Info.

2009, Alexander Tokar, Metaphors of the Web 2.0, Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 68:

(transitive, informal, social media) To notify (another user) of activity on social media or an instant messenger.


poke

imitative

better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick

better than a poke in the eye with a rusty nail

better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick

better than a poke in the eye with a shitty stick

It could be described as a poke, but not a friendly one. For those who have not yet succumbed to Facebook, the latest craze on the internet, a ‘poke’ is an electronic greeting sent, for example, to an old friend from university.

2007 July 22, David Smith, “Faceoff!”, in The Guardian:

(informal, social media) A notification sent to get another user's attention on social media or an instant messenger.


seed

en-noun

seed (countable and uncountable, plural seeds)

From Middle English seed, sede, side, from Old English sēd, sǣd (“seed, that which is sown”), from Proto-West Germanic *sād, from Proto-Germanic *sēdą, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow, throw”).
Cognate with West Frisian sied (“seed”), Dutch zaad (“seed”), Low German Saad (“seed”), German Saat (“sowing; seed”), Icelandic sæði (“seed”), Danish sæd (“seed”), Swedish säd (“seed”), Latin satiō (“seeding, time of sowing, season”). More at sow.

alkutilanne

initial state, condition or position of a process

The latest seed has attracted a lot of users in our online community.

(countable) The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.

(Internet marketing) A commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)


seed

en-verb

seed (third-person singular simple present seeds, present participle seeding, simple past and past participle seeded)

seeds (present singular third-person)
seeding (participle present)
seeded (participle past)
seeded (past)
sede (alternative)

(Internet, transitive) To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).


toad

toad (third-person singular simple present toads, present participle toading, simple past and past participle toaded)

toads (present singular third-person)
toading (participle present)
toaded (participle past)
toaded (past)
tode (alternative)
twoad (alternative)

From Middle English tode, toode, tadde, tade, from Old English *tāde, a shortened variant of Old English tādie, tādiġe (“toad”).
Cognate with Scots tade, taid, taed, ted (“toad”). Compare also Danish tudse (“toad”), possibly originally from the same prehistoric root; also Swedish tåssa, tossa (“toad”), Old English tāxe (“toad”), Old English tosca (“toad”) by contrast.

(Internet, informal, transitive) To expel (a user) permanently from a MUD or similar system, so that their account is deleted.


thumbnail

desc

→ Japanese: サムネイル (samuneiru), サムネール (samunēru), サムネ (samune) — clipping

→ Portuguese: thumbnail

→ German: Thumbnail

From thumb + nail. The phrase thumbnail sketch was first attested 1852. Verb sense attested 1930s.

(social media) A picture displayed by posts and videos pre-clicked conveying the matters discussed/shown in that post.


cart

→ Japanese: カート (kāto)

→ Korean: 카트 (kateu)

From Middle English cart, kart, from Old Norse kartr (“wagon; cart”), akin to Old English cræt (“a chariot; cart”), from Proto-Germanic *krattaz, *krattijô, *kradō, from Proto-Indo-European *gret- (“tracery; wattle; cradle; cage; basket”), from *ger- (“to turn, wind”).
Cognate with West Frisian kret (“wheelbarrow for hauling dung”), Dutch krat, kret (“crate; wheelbarrow for hauling dung”), German Krätze (“basket; pannier”). Wider cognates include Sanskrit ग्रन्थ (grantha, “a binding”).


portal

From Middle English portal, porttol, from Old French portal and Medieval Latin portāle, from porta.

jet bridge

elevated corridor permitting access to a plane from an airport

The new medical portal has dozens of topical categories containing links to hundreds of sites.

(Internet) A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.


portal

pl-noun

portal m inan (related adjective portalowy)

portalowy (adjective)
portal (nominative singular)
portale (nominative plural)
portalu (genitive singular)
portali (genitive plural)
portalów (genitive plural)
portalowi (dative singular)
portalom (dative plural)
portal (accusative singular)
portale (accusative plural)
portalem (instrumental singular)
portalami (instrumental plural)
portalu (locative singular)
portalach (locative plural)
portalu (singular vocative)
portale (plural vocative)

Borrowed from German Portal. Sense 4 is a semantic loan from English portal.

sl

(Internet) portal (website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet)


op

(Internet) An operator on IRC, who can moderate the chat channel, ban users, etc.


op

en-verb

op (third-person singular simple present ops, present participle opping, simple past and past participle opped)

ops (present singular third-person)
opping (participle present)
opped (participle past)
opped (past)

True, better clients will remember that a person had a voice before they were opped and will return the + when they are deopped, but that doesn't solve the problem. Suppose someone joins the room after the user is opped and before the user is deopped.

1999, Cory McWilliams, “IRC Oddities”, in alt.irc (Usenet):

(transitive, Internet) To promote (an IRC user) to an operator.


Wikiholic

Wikiholics (plural)
wikiholic (alternative)

I'm a Wikipedia editor. A Wikiholic. I have some 500 articles on my watchlist (!!!) and I edit some of the more controversial articles on WP: the Islam-related articles. For many months, I have been butting heads with some Iranian Shi'a editors...

2005 November 27, Karen Lofstrom, “Peeve: Iranian Shi'a”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet):

2005, Richard Quinn, as quoted by David Dyer-Bennet, “Re: Charlie Stross: Wikipedian Extraordinaire” (April 8), rec.arts.sf.written, Usenet
I was blessed with insight, that rare moment of lucidity which can truly validate the Buddhist belief in a path to enlightenment: Charles Stross is a Wikiholic!

"A lot of them are probably the sort of people who would have social problems in real life," said one wikimaniac over lunch, as though being a "wikiholic" suggested a full and active life.

2006 August 9, “Gary Younge reports on Wiki-mania, and Wikipedia vandalism”, in The Guardian Unlimited:

(wiki jargon) Someone who is addicted to editing Wikipedia or another wiki.

wikiholiker

person who devotes lots of time to a wiki-based project


Wicipedia

Croeso i Wicipedia, y gwyddoniadur rhydd y gall unrhyw un ei olygu

Welcome to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia anyone can edit


blog

→ Bulgarian: блог (blog)

→ Catalan: blog

→ Czech: blogovat

→ Danish: blogge

tooltip

reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes

→ Dutch: blog, ⇒ bloggen

→ Faroese: blogga

→ Finnish: blogata

→ French: bloguer

→ German: Blog

→ Hungarian: blogol

→ Icelandic: blogga

→ Italian: blog, ⇒ bloggare

→ Macedonian: блог (blog)

→ Polish: blog

desc

→ Portuguese: blogue, blog (unadapted spelling)

→ Russian: блог (blog)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: бло̀г

Latin: blòg

→ Spanish: blog, ⇒ bloguear

→ Swahili: blogu

→ Thai: บล็อก (blɔ́k)

→ Turkish: blog

→ Yoruba: búlọ́ọ̀gù

Rebracketing of weblog. The Oxford English Dictionary says the shortened word was coined 23 May 1999 and references the "Jargon Watch" article in an issue of an online magazine which attributes the shortening to Peter Merholz. The form blog is now so much more common than weblog that some misspell the latter as webblog, as if from web + blog.

So you see, the blog has been around since the beginning of the web; that is how basic the concept is. Today's blogs, and the activity of blogging, have taken on more meaning, but the concept of it all is still very simple and rooted in the beginning and intentions of the web itself.

2002, Biz Stone, chapter 1, in Blogging: Genius Strategies for Instant Web Content, Indianapolis: New Riders Pub., →ISBN, page 4:

Have you tried these, darling? They’re tempura zucchini flowers. Japanese-Italian fusion! My own invention. Shall I photograph it? We can put it on our blog.

2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 150:

(Internet) A website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal, sometimes letting readers comment on their posts. Most blogs are written in a slightly informal tone (personal journals, news, businesses, etc.)

This blog was originally posted on my personal site but is reproduced on the forums for greater visibility.

(Internet) An individual post to a blog.


blog

en-verb

blog (third-person singular simple present blogs, present participle blogging, simple past and past participle blogged)

blogs (present singular third-person)
blogging (participle present)
blogged (participle past)
blogged (past)

Blogger Anil Dash summed up the initial reaction well when he blogged his assessment of Macromedia's new blogging strategy: […]

2002, Biz Stone, Blogging: Genius Strategies for Instant Web Content, Indianapolis: New Riders Pub., →ISBN, page 163:

I hadn’t blogged myself, because I thought I had nothing to say. After 9/11, I did. So I planned to write the blog for a few weeks, until I ran out of memories.

2009, Jeff Jarvis, What would Google do?, New York: HarperLuxe, →ISBN, page 40:

(blogging, ambitransitive) To contribute to a blog.


blog

blogok (plural)
blog (nominative singular)
blogok (nominative plural)
blogot (accusative singular)
blogokat (accusative plural)
blognak (dative singular)
blogoknak (dative plural)
bloggal (instrumental singular)
blogokkal (instrumental plural)
blogért (causal-final singular)
blogokért (causal-final plural)
bloggá (singular translative)
blogokká (plural translative)
blogig (singular terminative)
blogokig (plural terminative)
blogként (essive-formal singular)
blogokként (essive-formal plural)
blogban (inessive singular)
blogokban (inessive plural)
blogon (singular superessive)
blogokon (plural superessive)
blognál (adessive singular)
blogoknál (adessive plural)
blogba (illative singular)
blogokba (illative plural)
blogra (singular sublative)
blogokra (plural sublative)
bloghoz (allative singular)
blogokhoz (allative plural)
blogból (elative singular)
blogokból (elative plural)
blogról (delative singular)
blogokról (delative plural)
blogtól (ablative singular)
blogoktól (ablative plural)
blogé (singular)
blogoké (plural)
blogéi (singular)
blogokéi (plural)
blogom (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
blogjaim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
blogod (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
blogjaid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
blogja (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
blogjai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
blogunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
blogjaink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
blogotok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
blogjaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
blogjuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
blogjaik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)


blog

pl-noun

blog m animal or m inan (related adjective blogowy)

blog m animal or (canonical inanimate masculine)
blogowy (adjective)
blog (nominative singular)
blogi (nominative plural)
bloga (genitive singular)
blogów (genitive plural)
blogowi (dative singular)
blogom (dative plural)
bloga (accusative singular)
blog (accusative singular)
blogi (accusative plural)
blogiem (instrumental singular)
blogami (instrumental plural)
blogu (locative singular)
blogach (locative plural)
blogu (singular vocative)
blogi (plural vocative)

Borrowed from English blog. First attested in 2001.

(blogging) blog (website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal, sometimes letting readers comment on their posts)


blog

head

blog (definite accusative blogu, plural bloglar)

blogu (accusative definite)
bloglar (plural)
blog (nominative singular)
bloglar (nominative plural)
blogu (accusative definite singular)
blogları (accusative definite plural)
bloga (dative singular)
bloglara (dative plural)
blogda (locative singular)
bloglarda (locative plural)
blogdan (ablative singular)
bloglardan (ablative plural)
blogun (genitive singular)
blogların (genitive plural)
blogum (first-person nominative singular)
bloglarım (first-person nominative singular)
blogun (nominative second-person singular)
blogların (nominative second-person singular)
blogu (nominative singular third-person)
blogları (nominative singular third-person)
blogumuz (first-person nominative plural)
bloglarımız (first-person nominative plural)
blogunuz (nominative plural second-person)
bloglarınız (nominative plural second-person)
blogları (nominative plural third-person)
blogumu (accusative definite first-person singular)
bloglarımı (accusative definite first-person singular)
blogunu (accusative definite second-person singular)
bloglarını (accusative definite second-person singular)
blogunu (accusative definite singular third-person)
bloglarını (accusative definite singular third-person)
blogumuzu (accusative definite first-person plural)
bloglarımızı (accusative definite first-person plural)
blogunuzu (accusative definite plural second-person)
bloglarınızı (accusative definite plural second-person)
bloglarını (accusative definite plural third-person)
bloguma (dative first-person singular)
bloglarıma (dative first-person singular)
bloguna (dative second-person singular)
bloglarına (dative second-person singular)
bloguna (dative singular third-person)
bloglarına (dative singular third-person)
blogumuza (dative first-person plural)
bloglarımıza (dative first-person plural)
blogunuza (dative plural second-person)
bloglarınıza (dative plural second-person)
bloglarına (dative plural third-person)
blogumda (first-person locative singular)
bloglarımda (first-person locative singular)
blogunda (locative second-person singular)
bloglarında (locative second-person singular)
blogunda (locative singular third-person)
bloglarında (locative singular third-person)
blogumuzda (first-person locative plural)
bloglarımızda (first-person locative plural)
blogunuzda (locative plural second-person)
bloglarınızda (locative plural second-person)
bloglarında (locative plural third-person)
blogumdan (ablative first-person singular)
bloglarımdan (ablative first-person singular)
blogundan (ablative second-person singular)
bloglarından (ablative second-person singular)
blogundan (ablative singular third-person)
bloglarından (ablative singular third-person)
blogumuzdan (ablative first-person plural)
bloglarımızdan (ablative first-person plural)
blogunuzdan (ablative plural second-person)
bloglarınızdan (ablative plural second-person)
bloglarından (ablative plural third-person)
blogumun (first-person genitive singular)
bloglarımın (first-person genitive singular)
blogunun (genitive second-person singular)
bloglarının (genitive second-person singular)
blogunun (genitive singular third-person)
bloglarının (genitive singular third-person)
blogumuzun (first-person genitive plural)
bloglarımızın (first-person genitive plural)
blogunuzun (genitive plural second-person)
bloglarınızın (genitive plural second-person)
bloglarının (genitive plural third-person)


private

en-verb

private (third-person singular simple present privates, present participle privating, simple past and past participle privated)

privates (present singular third-person)
privating (participle present)
privated (participle past)
privated (past)

From Latin prīvātus (“bereaved, deprived, set apart from, release”), perfect passive participle of prīvō (“I bereave, deprive, release”), from prīvus (“private, one's own, peculiar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per; compare prime, prior, pristine. Doublet of privy.

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During these negotiations, however, the Kleins say that Hosseinzadeh issued a copyright takedown for the video — even after it had already been privated.

2016 May 25, Geoff Weiss, “H3h3Productions Sued For Copyright Infringement By MattHossZone, Spotlighting Fraught Issue Of Fair Use”, in Tubefilter:

Shay has also since briefly returned to social media, making a quick post on Instagram. His account was privated following his scandal in February and his Twitter remains inactive.

2017 May 15, Rebecka Schumann, “Shay Carl’s Cam Girl Goes After Another Famous Man On YouTube”, in International Business Times:

"[…] IOI had no part in privating the subreddit, this was entirely the decision of the moderators, and we are just fellow fans like you who volunteer our time to help out," a moderator wrote.

2022 January 28, Jared Moore, “Hitman 3: Steam Owners Will Get Free Upgrades to Make Up for Shaky Launch”, in IGN:

“Must be hard being a one-hit wonder,” a follower negged me once. “Actually, yes,” I joked in a now-privated video response. “Thank you for noticing.”

2022 February 18, Sonja Smith-Yang, “I went viral on TikTok and it wasn’t what I expected”, in The Independent:

(Internet, transitive) To make something hidden from the public (without deleting it permanently).


stuffing

en-noun

stuffing (countable and uncountable, plural stuffings)

(Internet) The insertion of many copies of a word into a web page in an attempt to increase its search engine ranking.


Luganda

Portmanteau of Ukrainian Луга́нськ (Luhánsʹk) or Russian Луганск (Lugansk) + Uganda. Alternatively borrowed directly from either Russian Луга́нда (Lugánda) or Ukrainian Луга́нда (Luhánda).

/luːˈɡɑːndə/

Coordinate term: Donbabwe

A novel abusive word for a resident of Lugansk "Lugan-don/Lugansk-condom" can be explained as either an agglutination of the two words "Lugansk" + "condom" or as a reference to a mythological country "Luganda" whose name comprises component "Lugansk" and "Uganda".

2019, Lorella Viola, Andreas Musolff, Migration and Media: Discourses about identities in crisis, →ISBN, Chapter 11, page 285:

Luhansk People's Republic
Luhansk People's Republic

(derogatory, humorous, Internet) Luhansk, in particular the mostly unrecognised Luhansk People's Republic.


chap

(Internet slang) Clipping of chapter (“division of a text”).


anon

en:anonymous person
en:anonymous person on the internet

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

(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.


interstitial

/ɪntəɹˈstɪʃəl/

From Latin interstitiālis. By surface analysis, interstitium + -al.

An interstitial appeared before the download.

Interstitials should be used sparingly. Display an ad only the first time the user accesses a piece of content, not every time.

2007, Barbara Ballard, Designing the Mobile User Experience, page 126:

(Internet, advertising) A web page, usually carrying advertising, displayed when leaving one content page for another.

väli-ikkuna

web page displayed before a content page


splash screen

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-splash screen.wav


follow

en-verb

follow (third-person singular simple present follows, present participle following, simple past and past participle followed)

follows (present singular third-person)
following (participle present)
followed (participle past)
followed (past)

From Middle English folwen, folȝen, folgen, from Old English folgian (“to follow, pursue”), from Proto-West Germanic *folgēn, from Proto-Germanic *fulgāną (“to follow”).

inh

If you want to see more of our articles, follow us on Twitter.

(social media, transitive) To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform.

فولو

to subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform


follow

It doesn't take too many follows to become overwhelmed with the deluge of content on Twitter.

2012, Brett Petersel, Esther Schindler, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Twitter Marketing:

Social media is supervisual, and there's nothing more shareable than images, so this is a way to increase shares and likes and follows.

2016, Brooke Warner, Green-Light Your Book:

(social media) The act of following another user's online activity.


follow

/fɔː⁵⁵ lou̯²¹/

/fɔː⁵⁵ lou̯²¹/

From English follow or clipping of English follower.

(Hong Kong Cantonese, social media) follower count (Classifier: 個／个 c)


follow

/fɔː⁵⁵ lou̯²¹/

/fɔː⁵⁵ lou̯²¹/

(Hong Kong Cantonese, social media) to follow


follow

(Internet) following (An account which is followed)


follow

Venez me donner de la force et me follow pour suivre la campagne !

Come give me strength and follow me to follow the campaign!

(Internet) to follow (on Twitter and similar sites)


TCP

Transmission Control Protocol
Transmission Control Protocol#English

(computing, Internet) Initialism of Transmission Control Protocol.


starboard

From star + board. The earliest known use was in 2013 on Meta Stack Exchange.

The unlimited starring power is an arguably useful feature because it enables management of the starboard with notifications and the like, but I see nothing in the informal job description of a room owner that says they have any more right to spam the room than I do.

2013 June 24, Lightness Races in Orbit, “Room owners should not be throttled in the Chat systems”, in Meta Stack Exchange, archived from the original on 2015-10-01, Questions:

TFHRC#1 indicates a backquote in a chat message using fixed-width formatting, which is (correctly) output literally. FHRC#2 shows that the same backquote is misinterpreted by the sidebar starboard as a formatting character, wrecking the intended look and feel even more.

2014 April 7, michaelb958--GoFundMonica, “Starred fixed-width messages break in the starboard”, in Meta Stack Exchange, archived from the original on 2014-08-07, Questions:

In case you don't know what a starboard is, it's basically a system used on Discord that whenever you react with a star emoji, the message is showcased inside of a #starboard channel.

2017 September 21, DimMagician, “I made a Starboard site!”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 2023-06-07, r/discordapp:

(social media) A feature that allows starred messages to appear on a list.


sa

(Internet) Initialism of selamünaleyküm.