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bottom-post

bottom-post noun: a post on an online forum whose contents are placed below a quoted message which is being replied to.

Noun

bottom-post (plural bottom-posts)

  1. (Internet, dated) A post on an online forum whose contents are placed below a quoted message which is being replied to.
    • If you don't like to read bottom posts - don't. No one is going to change so let it be.2001 October 4, Don D., “SkriptKiddie Trying something”, in rec.travel.cruises (Usenet)

Verb

bottom-post (third-person singular simple present bottom-posts, present participle bottom-posting, simple past and past participle bottom-posted)

  1. (Internet, dated, intransitive, transitive) To make a bottom-post.
    • The proper netiquette on this list is to "bottom post," which means that you reply to a previous poster's comments after the original comment.2004, Rickford Grant, Linux for Non-Geeks, San Francisco, C.A.: No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 294

Forms of bottom-post

Noun
pluralbottom-posts
Verb
third-person singular presentbottom-posts
present participlebottom-posting
past participlebottom-posted
pastbottom-posted

Origin of bottom-post

From bottom + post.

Words formed from bottom-post

Questions about bottom-post

What does bottom-post mean?
Bottom-post means a post on an online forum whose contents are placed below a quoted message which is being replied to.
What part of speech is bottom-post?
Bottom-post can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of bottom-post?
The plural of bottom-post is bottom-posts.

Words near bottom-post in the dictionary

  1. bottom-lines
  2. bottom-lining
  3. bottom-most
  4. bottom-of-the-harbour
  5. bottom-of-the-line
  6. bottom-post
  7. bottom-posted
  8. bottom-poster
  9. bottom-posters
  10. bottom-posting
  11. bottom-posts

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