Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blue check

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.91 in modern English

Syllables: blue check
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Twitter user whose account was verified by Twitter as authentic (i.e. not a parody or imposter account) and deemed to be of public interest prior to this system's replacement by a paid verification scheme in early 2023.

Derogatory

noun

An online troll, provocateur, or grifter who uses a paid account to attract greater attention after the early 2023 change on Twitter.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"Other blue checks on Twitter also weighed including Questlove and John Mayer."
"It is a cardboard gold crown, but it helps in certain cases; for example, Twitter support will prioritize intervention requests when trolls attack a blue check."
"Some posted images of the French Revolution or the Korean film ‘Parasite’ as a way to show the feelings of the masses when the powerful “elites” of Twitter could not use their accounts. This is due to a perception that many “blue checks” only retweet each other and that the social media giant somehow prioritizes these verified accounts."

Etymology

From the blue check mark badge that was previously displayed beside the names of such users. The second sense derives from the rude behavior from an influx of users who paid for extra features in their Twitter accounts from early 2023 onwards.

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

blue checks (plural) bluecheck (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

bluetick

Synonyms

blue check mark blue tick bluey

Questions

What does blue check mean?: A Twitter user whose account was verified by Twitter as authentic (i.e. not a parody or imposter account) and deemed to be of public interest prior to this system's replacement by a paid verification scheme in early 2023.
Where does blue check come from?: From the blue check mark badge that was previously displayed beside the names of such users. The second sense derives from the rude behavior from an influx of users who paid for extra features in their Twitter accounts from early 2023 onwards.

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