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vaguebook

/ˈveɪɡˌbʊk/

vaguebook verb: to post deliberately cryptic statements on social media (particularly Facebook) so as to elicit attention or requests for detail.

Verb

vaguebook (third-person singular simple present vaguebooks, present participle vaguebooking, simple past and past participle vaguebooked)

  1. (Internet, intransitive) To post deliberately cryptic statements on social media (particularly Facebook) so as to elicit attention or requests for detail.
    • While watching that video of the 2012 New Year’s Eve party, both the president and first lady realize they have something to hold over their rival’s head. What it is, exactly, remains unclear. Which is maddening; these two talk to each other the way some people “vaguebook” on Facebook.2016 March 8, Jen Chaney, “‘House of Cards’ Season 4, Episode 7: Rock Star Candidate”, in New York Times
    • There. You’ve just had a taste of VAGUEBOOKing, a fabulous word that has been around for a while, but which makes its New York Times Crossword debut today as VAGUEBOOKS. If you have an active Facebook account, you undoubtedly have at least one friend who tends to do this.2017 July 6, Deb Amlen, “Intentionally Mysterious Update”, in New York Times

Forms of vaguebook

third-person singular presentvaguebooks
present participlevaguebooking
past participlevaguebooked
pastvaguebooked

Origin of vaguebook

Blend of vague + Facebook.

Questions about vaguebook

What does vaguebook mean?
Vaguebook means to post deliberately cryptic statements on social media (particularly Facebook) so as to elicit attention or requests for detail.
What part of speech is vaguebook?
Vaguebook is a verb.
How do you pronounce vaguebook?
Vaguebook is pronounced /ˈveɪɡˌbʊk/.
What is the past tense of vaguebook?
The past tense of vaguebook is vaguebooked.

Words near vaguebook in the dictionary

  1. vague
  2. vagueblog
  3. vagueblogged
  4. vagueblogging
  5. vagueblogs
  6. vaguebook
  7. vaguebooked
  8. vaguebooking
  9. vaguebooks
  10. vagued
  11. vagueish

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