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instaban

instaban verb: to ban without hesitation.

Verb

instaban (third-person singular simple present instabans, present participle instabanning, simple past and past participle instabanned)

  1. (Internet, informal) To ban without hesitation.

Noun

instaban (plural instabans)

  1. (Internet, informal) An immediate ban.
    • Next up in confusing Instabans...2015 July 28, Elizabeth Denton, “Instagram Banned #Goddess and People Are Seriously Upset”, in Seventeen Magazine
    • Instabans will spread.2019 January 4, “Healthy holidays and a sunscreen rethink: top five travel trends for 2019”, in The Guardian

Forms of instaban

Verb
third-person singular presentinstabans
present participleinstabanning
past participleinstabanned
pastinstabanned
Noun
pluralinstabans

Origin of instaban

From insta- + ban.

Questions about instaban

What does instaban mean?
Instaban means to ban without hesitation.
What part of speech is instaban?
Instaban can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of instaban?
The past tense of instaban is instabanned.

Words near instaban in the dictionary

  1. Insta-stories
  2. Insta-story
  3. Insta-storying
  4. Insta-thot
  5. Insta-thots
  6. instaban
  7. instabanned
  8. instabanning
  9. instabans
  10. instabilities
  11. instability

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