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ask me anything

ask me anything noun: an online interactive interview in which people can ask the interviewee questions about any topic, typically through the website's comment system.

Noun

ask me anything (plural ask me anythings)

  1. (Internet, attributive, often) An online interactive interview in which people can ask the interviewee questions about any topic, typically through the website's comment system.
    • Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, returned to Reddit this week for an Ask Me Anything that covered everything from net neutrality to memes to the online harassment of women.2015 March 11, Abby Ohlheiser, “What Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the Web, has to say about Internet harassment”, in The Washington Post
    • We volunteer our time to help manage the subsection called IAmA — a popular part of the site where thousands of interviews, known as “ask me anythings,” take place.2015 July 8, Brian Lynch, Courtnie Swearingen, “Why We Shut Down Reddit’s ‘Ask Me Anything’ Forum”, in The New York Times
    Synonyms:
    AMA

Synonyms of ask me anything

Forms of ask me anything

pluralask me anythings

Origin of ask me anything

This style of interview was popularized in the r/IAmA subreddit founded in 2009, where users post prompts for others to ask questions by stating who they are and adding the phrase “Ask me anything!”.

Questions about ask me anything

What does ask me anything mean?
Ask me anything means an online interactive interview in which people can ask the interviewee questions about any topic, typically through the website's comment system.
What part of speech is ask me anything?
Ask me anything is a noun.
What is the plural of ask me anything?
The plural of ask me anything is ask me anythings.

Words near ask me anything in the dictionary

  1. ask for the moon
  2. ask for trouble
  3. ask how high when someone says jump
  4. ask in
  5. Ask Jeeves
  6. ask me anything
  7. ask me anythings
  8. ask me one about sport
  9. ask me one on sport
  10. ask my arse
  11. ask out

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