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bottom-poster

bottom-poster noun: someone who bottom-posts.

Noun

bottom-poster (plural bottom-posters)

  1. (Internet, dated) Someone who bottom-posts.
    • Some argue that bottom posters should be courteous enough to snip quoted material such that one shouldn't have to scroll down to get to their response. Not only doesn't that happen, but if everyone snipped appropriately there would be no functional difference between posting methods.2002 September 23, Paul Gustafson, “Posting Etiquette”, in sci.astro.amateur (Usenet)
    • One of the great religious schisms on the internet is between the 'top-posters' and the 'bottom-posters', who have different views on where in the message one should add one's own remarks when replying.2003, Peter Christian, The Genealogist's Internet, 2nd edition, London: The National Archives, →ISBN, page 211
    Antonyms:
    top-poster

Antonyms of bottom-poster

Forms of bottom-poster

pluralbottom-posters

Origin of bottom-poster

From bottom-post + -er.

Questions about bottom-poster

What does bottom-poster mean?
Bottom-poster means someone who bottom-posts.
What part of speech is bottom-poster?
Bottom-poster is a noun.
What is the plural of bottom-poster?
The plural of bottom-poster is bottom-posters.

Words near bottom-poster in the dictionary

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

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