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bottom-posting

bottom-posting is the present participle and gerund of bottom-post.

Meaning of bottom-post

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

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Questions about bottom-posting

What is bottom-posting the present participle and gerund of?
Bottom-posting is the present participle and gerund of bottom-post.

Words near bottom-posting in the dictionary

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

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