Side-post
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A message sent privately to a single member of a listserv. Internet, dated
"Enough ecchiness from you. It's a cute shoujo story, which I explain in more detail in a side post."
Verb
- 1 To send a side-post. Internet, dated, intransitive
"You even are so far consumed with your self-importance and propensity to bend others to the way you want them to post by telling me that I am now doing the heinous 'top-posting'. If I could figure a way to side post, you would complain about that, too."
Example
More examples"Enough ecchiness from you. It's a cute shoujo story, which I explain in more detail in a side post."
Etymology
Probably analogous to top-post and bottom-post.
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