Greentext
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A short anecdotal story posted on 4chan, typically written in all lowercase, in the present tense, and using the imperative mood without an explicit subject. Each line is usually concise and begins with >. Internet
"Thus, we have not covered patterns that were just emerging as we finished our manuscript, such as the discussion of urban legends and misinformation in the Ask Reddit section of reddit^([sic]), the greentext stories on 4chan, or the numerous references to urban legends on Bustle."
Example
More examples"Thus, we have not covered patterns that were just emerging as we finished our manuscript, such as the discussion of urban legends and misinformation in the Ask Reddit section of reddit^([sic]), the greentext stories on 4chan, or the numerous references to urban legends on Bustle."
Etymology
From green + text; so named for the fact that on 4chan, a line of text is rendered green when preceded with the > character.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.