Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bottom-post

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English

Syllables: bot-tom--post
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A post on an online forum whose contents are placed below a quoted message which is being replied to.

Dated

verb

To make a bottom-post.

Dated; Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"If you don't like to read bottom posts - don't. No one is going to change so let it be."
"The proper netiquette on this list is to "bottom post," which means that you reply to a previous poster's comments after the original comment."

Etymology

From bottom + post.

Usage

Inflected Forms

bottom-posts (plural) bottom-posts (present, singular) bottom-posting (participle, present) bottom-posted (participle, past) bottom-posted (past)

Phrases

bottom-poster side-post top-post

Frequently Paired Words

side-post top-post

Questions

What does bottom-post mean?: A post on an online forum whose contents are placed below a quoted message which is being replied to.
Where does bottom-post come from?: From bottom + post.

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