nontent

English

Etymology

Blend of non- +‎ content.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɒn.tɛnt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑn.tɛnt/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒntɛnt
• Hyphenation: non‧tent

Noun

nontent (uncountable)

1. (Internet slang, derogatory) Online content or media that is boring, low-effort, meaningless, or otherwise valueless.

   Hypernym: spam

   • 2013 September 18, Redaktion, “Content or Nontent? That is the question.”, in Callies & Schewe‎^[1]:

     There are some classic pieces of nontent, including:

     • In press releases, "a leading provider" of something or other (online media portals are a chamber of horrors in terms of PR in general);
     • The usual "have a great weekend!" comments and galleries of cat photos on corporate Facebook pages; […]

   • 2014 June 28, MagdaATQ, Twitter‎^[2]:

     We don't want nontent! MT @KDHungerford Quality is paramount. Your community looks to you for quality content, not nontent

   • 2023 October 19, Scrubscruber, Twitter‎^[3]:

     Hear me out, If YouTube isn't gonna do anything about Sssniperwolf, one thing you should do is to advocate DMCA-ing her "nontent" that has been stolen from multiple creators on TikTok.