facebook Lexical Profile
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• noun
(usually capitalized) A major American online social media and social networking service operated by Meta Platforms, enabling users to create profiles, share posts, and connect with others.
"The community group uses Facebook to announce local events and share neighborhood news."
American A printed or online directory containing individuals' names, photographs, and basic biographical details, traditionally distributed by colleges and universities to incoming students.
"At the start of the semester, freshmen received a printed facebook to help them recognize their new classmates."
• verb
To contact, message, or look up someone's profile using the Facebook social networking platform (often capitalized).
"She promised to facebook him the details of the reunion as soon as she got home."
• Rhymes for facebook
Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the mid-20th century as a compound of 'face' and 'book', originally referring to printed university directories containing students' names and photographs, before being adopted in 2004 as the name of the social networking service founded by Mark Zuckerberg.
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