subreddit

subreddit noun: any of the subforums, generally intended for discussion of a specific topic, on the Reddit web site.

Noun (1)

subreddit (plural subreddits)

(Internet) Any of the subforums, generally intended for discussion of a specific topic, on the Reddit web site.
- They wanted to give voice to their feeling, in one moderator’s words, that the company’s bosses ‘‘do not respect the work that is put in by the thousands of unpaid volunteers who maintain the communities of the 9,656 active subreddits,’’ as the individual forums are called.2015 July 21, Adrian Chen, “When the Internet’s ‘Moderators’ Are Anything But”, in The New York Times
- We measure the similarity between entire subreddits both in terms of user similarity and topical similarity.2015, Jack Hessel, Alexandra Schofield, Lillian Lee, David Mimno, “What do Democrats do in their Spare Time? Latent Interest Detection in Multi-Community Networks”, in arXiv

subReddit (plural subReddits)

(rare) Rare form of subreddit.
- SubReddits are key to the feel of Reddit, and they number in the tens of thousands. On the front page is a default list of subReddits: funny, pics, announcements, blog, askReddit, worldnews, gaming, todayilearned, politics, science, WTF, IAmA, videos, technology, music, atheism, AdviceAnimals, aww...2013, Bill Kte’pi, “Steve Huffman”, in the editors of Salem Press, Internet Innovators, Ipswich, Mass.: Salem Press, EBSCO Publishing/Grey House Publishing, →ISBN, pages 185–186
- Together, these votes organize and prioritize the thousands of posts going up in Reddit’s more than 5,000 categories, called subReddits. […] Decide on a page title and select a “subReddit” category for your reporting. You will want to browse the subReddit categories. SubReddits you might choose...2014, Brian Carroll, Writing and Editing for Digital Media, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.; Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, →ISBN, pages 235 and 271

From sub- + Reddit.

What does subreddit mean?: Subreddit means any of the subforums, generally intended for discussion of a specific topic, on the Reddit web site.
What part of speech is subreddit?: Subreddit is a noun.
What is the plural of subreddit?: The plural of subreddit is subreddits.

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