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whuffie

/ˈwʌfi/

whuffie noun: a type of social capital or reputation, especially within an online community.

Noun

whuffie (uncountable)

  1. (Internet, neologism) A type of social capital or reputation, especially within an online community.
    • On the photo-sharing site Flickr, for example, your whuffie might go up with the number of photos you post, the tags you place on photos, the helpful comments you make about other people's photos, the number of useful galleries you create, and so on.2010, Mark Durieux, Robert Stebbins, Social Entrepreneurship For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 188

Origin of whuffie

Coined by Canadian-British-American blogger, journalist, and science fiction author Cory Doctorow in the novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (2003). Popularized by Tara Hunt in the non-fiction book The Whuffie Factor (2009).

Words that rhyme with whuffie

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Questions about whuffie

What does whuffie mean?
Whuffie means a type of social capital or reputation, especially within an online community.
What part of speech is whuffie?
Whuffie is a noun.
How do you pronounce whuffie?
Whuffie is pronounced /ˈwʌfi/.

Words near whuffie in the dictionary

  1. whuddup
  2. WHUFC
  3. WHUFCW
  4. whuff
  5. whuffed
  6. whuffie
  7. whuffing
  8. whuffle
  9. whuffled
  10. whuffles
  11. whuffling

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