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Slashdotter

Slashdotter noun: a user of the social news website Slashdot.

Noun

Slashdotter (plural Slashdotters)

  1. (Internet) A user of the social news website Slashdot.
    • On the popular hacker hangout Slashdot.com, wags stoke rumors that a “major software company” will soon offer free software—embedded with advertising. “Sounds like a nightmare waiting to be rebelled against,” says one poster, “NatePuri.” Fellow Slashdotter “el_flynn” doesn’t mind, “as long as there...2000, Forbes, page 286
    • […]unlike the iVillage audience, Slashdotters usually respect serious questions.2001, Darren Sean Wershler-Henry, Mark Surman, Commonspace: Beyond Virtual Community, →ISBN, page 257

Forms of Slashdotter

pluralSlashdotters

Origin of Slashdotter

From Slashdot + -er.

Questions about Slashdotter

What does Slashdotter mean?
Slashdotter means a user of the social news website Slashdot.
What part of speech is Slashdotter?
Slashdotter is a noun.
What is the plural of Slashdotter?
The plural of Slashdotter is Slashdotters.

Words near Slashdotter in the dictionary

  1. slashdot
  2. Slashdot effect
  3. Slashdot effects
  4. slashdots
  5. slashdotted
  6. Slashdotter
  7. Slashdotters
  8. slashdotting
  9. slashdottings
  10. slashed
  11. slashed velvet

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