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Facebook

268 1.0
An American tech company that owns a popular social website for sharing posts
  • proper noun
  • /ˈfeɪsˌbʊk/
  • Texting
translation icon : Facebook (empresa)
  • Apple will win, Google will win, Facebook will win, Snapchat will win.
  • Facebook and Twitter
  • Facebook and Google
  • Facebook's terms of service

Oh yeah, Employees of Facebook are now rebelling.

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Examples

  • Incorporation papers for Facebook, an LLC registered in Florida.

  • We have Facebook accounts and actually see it as a wonderful and valuable resource.

    Academic text (2009)
  • I did not create my first Facebook group until 2010.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Does anyone know how Facebook chose those accounts?

  • I used to moderate for Facebook.

  • Google works just fine, but our government blocks Facebook and YouTube all the time.

    Blog text (2)
  • Last fall, for the first time, 4th graders began reporting to us that they had Facebook accounts.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Some of the world's largest and most profitable companies from Apple to Facebook to Google are converting their operations to renewable energy.

  • Both qualitative and quantitative studies found that faculty and students who connect through Facebook have better communication.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Many people connect with friends and family through Facebook every day.

Compounds

Facebook slut
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who posts too many personal photos or updates on Facebook

Surface Forms

Facebook main

Morphology

Facebook = face + book (semi-transparent) = face + book

The construction is clearly face+book, but the sense referring to the company (owner/operator of the service) is a corporate/proper-name usage layered on the compound.

Etymology

Facebook the company took its name from the social site that began as a college face ('a person's photo') book ('a small book of names and pictures'), and today the company runs the website where people share photos and connect.