Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

autogreet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-to-greet
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A greeting issued automatically in a chat room, etc. when a user joins.

Example Sentences

"An example of a more subtle indiscretion is using an "autogreet". This involves automatically sending a 'hello' message to everyone on a channel whenever you join (the IRC Primer warns against creating an autogreet, stating that "even if you think you are being polite, you are actually sounding insincere and also interfering with the personal environment of the recipient" (Pioch 1993:2))."
"DON'T use autogreets, or automatic messaging, to say "Hello" and "Goodbye" automatically as people enter or leave the channel. They get old, and you may not really mean what you say."

Etymology

From auto- + greet.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: auto

Inflected Forms

autogreets (plural)

Questions

What does autogreet mean?: A greeting issued automatically in a chat room, etc. when a user joins.
Where does autogreet come from?: From auto- + greet.

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