"cake day" meaning in English

See cake day in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: cake days [plural]
Etymology: Coined by the American forum social media platform Reddit. Head templates: {{en-noun}} cake day (plural cake days)
  1. (Internet slang) An anniversary of the creation of a user's account on a social media platform or group. Tags: Internet
    Sense id: en-cake_day-en-noun-yYVD94-l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Reddit, Social media Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Reddit: 80 20 Disambiguation of Social media: 97 3
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cake, day.
    Sense id: en-cake_day-en-noun-xNmZ9raw

Inflected forms

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