"WeChatter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: WeChatters [plural]
Etymology: From WeChat + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|WeChat|er|id2=occupation}} WeChat + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} WeChatter (plural WeChatters)
  1. A user of the Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment app WeChat.
    Sense id: en-WeChatter-en-noun--Q7zaYhZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (occupation)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for WeChatter meaning in English (2.5kB)

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          "text": "The jianghu of BBS-ers (since 1991 with computer-mediated CFido and later Internet-based BBS since 1996), hackers (since 1997), online novelists (since 1998), QQ-ers (since 1999), fansubbers (since 2001), gamers (since 2001), bloggers (since 2005), spoofters (since 2006), human flesh searchers (since 2007) microbloggers (since 2009), and WeChatters (since 2013)—to name just a few—have had their ups and downs.",
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