deaditor
/ˈdɛ.dɪ.dɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who edits information related to a recent death, especially on biographical pages on wikis such as Wikipedia.
Example Sentences
- "For those 26 articles there were 26 different deaditors. And what was surprising: two-thirds of those edits were done by anonymous users."
- "Since two-thirds of these deaditors were anonymous, it seemed unlikely that I would ever track them down. But I tried to find some of the remaining one-third."
- "How Wikipedia's 'Deaditors' Sprang Into Action on Queen Elizabeth II's Page After Her Death [title]"
- "The editor who broke the news, Sydwhunte, remains anonymous. Indeed, after adding in the death note, they barely made another edit. The community calls such accounts Deaditors or WikiJackals – people who seem to prize being the first to announce a death."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdɛ.dɪ.dɚ/
- British English: /ˈdɛd.ɪ.tə/