Insta

//ˈɪn.stɐ// name, verb, slang

name, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Clipping of Instagram. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal

    "Patrick Dempsey, who played Dr. Derek Shepherd for 11 seasons, Insta-ed a close-up of his masked face, captioning it with one of his catchphrases. "It’s a Beautiful Day to Save Lives," he wrote. "#WearAMask.""

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of Instagram. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal

    "These are the slaves to technology: the Candy Crushers, the Facebook fanatics, the Insta-idlers, the Snapchat servants and Twitter twiddlers who spend every spare minute absorbed by their screens."

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"These are the slaves to technology: the Candy Crushers, the Facebook fanatics, the Insta-idlers, the Snapchat servants and Twitter twiddlers who spend every spare minute absorbed by their screens."

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