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HuffPo

HuffPo proper noun: huffPost (formerly The Huffington Post), a politically liberal US news web site.

Proper noun

HuffPo

  1. (Internet) HuffPost (formerly The Huffington Post), a politically liberal US news web site.
    • HuffPo is not made for people who like their news straight. As the situation in Iraq got boggy, the economy soured and the Bush Administration's popularity face-planted, folks wanted a place to vent.2009, Time, volume 173, numbers 8-16, page 46

Origin of HuffPo

Syllabic abbreviation of Huffington Post; now treated as a clipping of HuffPost.

Questions about HuffPo

What does HuffPo mean?
HuffPo means huffPost (formerly The Huffington Post), a politically liberal US news web site.
What part of speech is HuffPo?
HuffPo is a proper noun.

Words near HuffPo in the dictionary

  1. Huffman codings
  2. Huffmaster
  3. Huffmasters
  4. Hufford
  5. Huffords
  6. HuffPo
  7. HuffPoster
  8. HuffPosters
  9. huffs
  10. huffs and puffs
  11. huffs off

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