phonepost

English

Etymology

From phone +‎ -post.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /foʊ̯npoʊst/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /foʊ̯npəʊst/
• Hyphenation: phone‧post

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

phonepost (plural phoneposts)

1. (Internet slang) An online post made on a mobile phone, especially one which contains typographical or formatting errors.
   • 2015 December 4, heliothaumic, Twitter‎^[1]:

     i can't figure out a way to turn spellcheck back on but not capitalize things so my phoneposts are riddled with spelling errors

   • 2022 October 16, FLAYERS_27XXX, Twitter‎^[2]:

     phoneposts versus webapp posts are completely different in cadence and matter. diction lobotomized on a phone, even normal writing for brevity gets chopped down even further into and past the bone.

Usage notes

• Often used in contexts where the poster traditionally uses a computer or tablet, and is thus unskilled at typing on a smaller screen.

Verb

phonepost (third-person singular simple present phoneposts, present participle phoneposting, simple past and past participle phoneposted)

1. (Internet slang) To make an online post from a mobile phone, especially one which contains typographical or formatting errors.
   • 2017 September 29, turbo_ace, Twitter‎^[3]:

     the first time ive ever phoneposted and i get this [followed by a screenshot of said user's ban from 4chan]

   • 2019 March 30, viridiandrop, Twitter‎^[4]:

     phoneposting so I can only post one thing at a time
     hey I'm green and I draw my ocs a lot but sometimes I draw 💖 cute anime girls 💖

   • 2021 August 17, merpalerpagus, Twitter‎^[5]:

     Huh, weird. I only phonepost, computer time is for getting shit done.