Facebooker
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]Facebooker (plural Facebookers)
- A person using the social networking website Facebook.
- 2016 January 17, Mary Ann Anderson, “Women Traveling Alone Need to Take Extra Precautions”, in Valley News, volume 64, number 223, page F6:
- As much as Facebookers, Instagrammers, and Tweeters like to post photos and notes on social media sites from faraway, exotic lands, she [Abbie Thompson Harris] said to resist the urge.
- 2016 March 31, Charles J. Johnson, “Ignoring tragedies not always fault of media”, in Chicago Tribune, 168th year, number 91, page 3:
- Here is the Big Media Secret: We will generally do what you tell us to do. You, the reader, viewer, Tweeter, Facebooker currently hold more power over what is covered than at any time in history.
- 2018 May 24–26, Shannon Donnelly, “Mulroney family steals the show at royal wedding”, in Palm Beach Daily News, volume 122, number 223, page A8:
- Her [Jessica Mulroney’s] fabulously fit Pippa Middleton-esque figure, swathed in that satiny cobalt, garnered praise from Tweeters and Instagrammers and Facebookers worldwide, who called it a “Pippa Moment.”
Related terms
[edit]- to facebook
Translations
[edit]Facebook user
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Dutch
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Face‧boo‧ker
Noun
[edit]Facebooker m (plural Facebookers)
- facebooker, a person using Facebook
Usage notes
[edit]- Both forms Facebooker and facebooker are grammatically correct. The version with a capital F is derived from the noun Facebook and literally means a person active on Facebook, while the version with a lowercase f is derived from the verb facebooken and literally means a person who Facebooks.
References
[edit]- Facebookpagina / facebookpagina, Taaladvies.net