entered the chat

Verb

enter the chat (third-person singular simple present enters the chat, present participle entering the chat, simple past and past participle entered the chat)

1. (Internet) To abruptly appear.
   • Coordinate term: leave the chat
2. (Internet, humorous) Used to draw attention to the existence or presence of something.
   • - Black people have no power in America.
     - Barack Obama has entered the chat.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see enter, the, chat.
   • Naturally, you'll be able to chat in real-time with that friend, presumably about the song or the band in question. Friends and "friends of friends" can join up via their activity feeds, and they too enter the chat.2012 January 12, Eliot Van Buskirk, “Facebook Unveils Real-Time Social Listening”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2023