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like4like

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
like4-like
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

On social media services, the practice of liking a person's post or page in exchange for said person mutually liking one's post or page back, sometimes with the goal of artificially inflating one's like count.

Uncountable

Etymology

Abbreviation of like for like, itself a clipping of like for a like back or a similar phrasing; otherwise analysable as like (“to show approval of something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote”) + 4 (“abbreviation of for”) + like.

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does like4like mean?
On social media services, the practice of liking a person's post or page in exchange for said person mutually liking one's post or page back, sometimes with the goal of artificially inflating one's like count.
Where does like4like come from?
Abbreviation of like for like, itself a clipping of like for a like back or a similar phrasing; otherwise analysable as like (“to show approval of something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote”) + 4 (“abbreviation of for”) + like.

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