screenshort
screenshort noun: a screenshot of text posted to social media.
Noun
screenshort (plural screenshorts)
- A screenshot of text posted to social media.
- Kind of counterintuitively, Screenshorts demonstrate why the 140 character limit is vital. If people began posting massive chunks of text to Twitter, it would no longer be easy to scan. But the Screenshort, working side-by-side with in-line image previews, works perfectly. Click to enlarge and all...2014 December 19, Mat Honan, “The Rise Of The Screenshort™”, in BuzzFeed News, archived from the original on 30 May 2023
- We've heard such rumors before, but this one just got a lot more plausible thanks to a cryptic screenshort from Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey.2016 January 5, Klint Finley, “Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Hints Its 140 Character Limit Could End”, in Wired, San Francisco, C.A.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10...
Forms of screenshort
| plural | screenshorts |
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Origin of screenshort
Blend of screen(shot) + short.
Questions about screenshort
- What does screenshort mean?
- Screenshort means a screenshot of text posted to social media.
- What part of speech is screenshort?
- Screenshort is a noun.
- What is the plural of screenshort?
- The plural of screenshort is screenshorts.
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