"bottom-post" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bottom-posts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bottom-post (plural bottom-posts)
  1. (Internet, dated) A post on an online forum whose contents are placed below a quoted message which is being replied to. Tags: Internet, dated Categories (topical): Internet, E-mail, Usenet
    Sense id: en-bottom-post-en-noun-0DAe2uXu Disambiguation of E-mail: 56 44 Disambiguation of Usenet: 60 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 35

Verb

Forms: bottom-posts [present, singular, third-person], bottom-posting [participle, present], bottom-posted [participle, past], bottom-posted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} bottom-post (third-person singular simple present bottom-posts, present participle bottom-posting, simple past and past participle bottom-posted)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, Internet, dated) To make a bottom-post. Tags: Internet, dated, intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Internet Derived forms: bottom-poster Related terms: side-post, top-post
    Sense id: en-bottom-post-en-verb-2p12bXSI

Inflected forms

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