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flagger

flagger

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A person who reports online posts that break the rules
  • noun
  • /ˈflæɡər/
  • Jargon
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  • The community relies on dedicated flaggers to ensure the platform remains safe for everyone.

Examples

  • I hope we flaggers get a chance to have a good chat in Texas in November, before we have to get to bed for O dark the next day.

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  • I wonder if Amazon tracks flaggers?

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  • So since this is going to be flagged anyway, to the flagger I choose to use the immortal words of Dick Cheney.

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  • As a flagger, her job was to review inappropriate content on the website.

  • Many flaggers work diligently to identify and report harmful content online.

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Surface Forms

flagger singular
flaggers plural

Morphology

flagger = flag (transparent) = flag + er

A standard agentive formation: 'flag' (to mark) + -er yields 'one who flags', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Flagger comes from flag, a small cloth used to give a 'signal', and the ending -er meaning 'a person who does something'. A helpful way to remember the online meaning is to think of someone putting a small 'flag' on a post to show it needs attention, so a flagger is a person who marks content for review.