vaguepost

vaguepost noun: a cryptic or ambiguous social media post that is on the subject of a person or thing without explicitly mentioning them.

Noun

vaguepost (plural vagueposts)

(Internet, social media) A cryptic or ambiguous social media post that is on the subject of a person or thing without explicitly mentioning them.
- I’ve had a draft sitting in my folder for about a year with the title and a few notes about the ex-girlfriend who saw vagueposts everywhere.2020 February 27, Page, “Vagueposting Has Really Become an Inescapable Cultural Expectation”, in Poly.Land, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2025
- Leadership is definitely tough, but it really feels like we're just stumbling from debacle to debacle. Then you look at this post, the one by boats, and the metric ton of subtweets and vagueposts which all keep touching on the fact that something is not quite right at the very heart of it. How did...2023 May 28, u/mbStavola, “JT: Why I left Rust”, in Reddit, r/rust, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2025

vaguepost (third-person singular simple present vagueposts, present participle vagueposting, simple past and past participle vagueposted)

(Internet, ambitransitive, social media) To create a vaguepost.
- And as I pore over all of the available reading material, it becomes clear that some folks in this new community vaguepost all the damn time. […] Perhaps unsurprisingly, I’m noticing that the ones most prone to vagueposting also are the ones who assume that others are vagueposting.2020 February 27, Page, “Vagueposting Has Really Become an Inescapable Cultural Expectation”, in Poly.Land, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2025
- The first person is second hand complaining about a very specific breed of terminally online tumblr user, while mixing it with a very specific breed of booktok writer, possibly vagueposting about a specific person2024 February 20, u/YouIHe, “sobbing”, in Reddit, r/CuratedTumblr, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2025

Then you look at this post, the one by boats, and the metric ton of subtweets and vagueposts which all keep touching on the fact that something is not quite right at the very heart of it.2023 May 28, u/mbStavola, “JT: Why I left Rust”, in Reddit, r/rust, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2025:
Can't wait for the vagueposts she and Jess inevitably release about each other when the season's over.2024 July 2, “The caption under harriets new insta post 😭😭”, in Reddit, r/LoveIslandTV, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2025:
Your vagueposts for engagement make me want to jump off a cliff.2025 March 19, @MWmtGiant, Twitter, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2025:
My mom also vagueposted a hospitalization I feel this2024 April 16, @AcePuppet00, Twitter, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2025:

Noun
plural	vagueposts
Verb
third-person singular present	vagueposts
present participle	vagueposting
past participle	vagueposted
past	vagueposted

From vague + -post.

What does vaguepost mean?: Vaguepost means a cryptic or ambiguous social media post that is on the subject of a person or thing without explicitly mentioning them.
How do you use vaguepost in a sentence?: Then you look at this post, the one by boats, and the metric ton of subtweets and vagueposts which all keep touching on the fact that something is not quite right at the very heart of it.
What part of speech is vaguepost?: Vaguepost can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of vaguepost?: The plural of vaguepost is vagueposts.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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