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side-post

side-post noun: a message sent privately to a single member of a listserv.

Noun

side-post (plural side-posts)

  1. (Internet, dated) A message sent privately to a single member of a listserv.
    • Enough ecchiness from you. It's a cute shoujo story, which I explain in more detail in a side post.2001 July 9, L. Gerholz, “[FANFIC]Father's Day at Ohtori”, in alt.fan.utena (Usenet)
    • As I noted in a side post, teranews doesn't seem to like crossposting.2007 September 14, Rumpelstiltskin, “Re: Swear him in !”, in soc.senior.issues (Usenet)

Verb

side-post (third-person singular simple present side-posts, present participle side-posting, simple past and past participle side-posted)

  1. (Internet, dated, intransitive) To send a side-post.
    • You even are so far consumed with your self-importance and propensity to bend others to the way you want them to post by telling me that I am now doing the heinous 'top-posting'. If I could figure a way to side post, you would complain about that, too.2003 May 15, Cass, “RV Hookups and WA state RV Regulatoins”, in alt.rv (Usenet)
    • Some lurkers side-post: Several participants said they made connections to individuals outside the online groups. These connections are a valid form of communication and have value for the individuals and thus the group as a whole.2012, Christopher Lueg, Danyel Fisher, From Usenet to CoWebs, London: Springer, →ISBN, page 126

side-post meaning in Tamil

side-post in Tamil

வாயிற்கம்பம்

Forms of side-post

Noun
pluralside-posts
alternative formside post
Verb
third-person singular presentside-posts
present participleside-posting
past participleside-posted
pastside-posted

Origin of side-post

Probably analogous to top-post and bottom-post.

Questions about side-post

What does side-post mean?
Side-post means a message sent privately to a single member of a listserv.
What is side-post in Tamil?
Side-post in Tamil is வாயிற்கம்பம். See Side-post meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is side-post?
Side-post can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of side-post?
The plural of side-post is side-posts.

Words near side-post in the dictionary

  1. side-necked turtle
  2. side-necked turtles
  3. side-necks
  4. side-netting
  5. side-parting
  6. side-post
  7. side-posted
  8. side-posting
  9. side-posts
  10. side-saddle
  11. side-saddle flower

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: side-post (page history and authors); side-post (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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