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pinner

pinner

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A person who saves images and links on Pinterest to boards
  • noun
  • /ˈpɪnər/
  • Jargon
: pinner
  • Through it, "pinners" can create online inspiration boards.

Examples

  • When you add more pinners, you'll have a wider range of valuable pins to keep your audience engaged and active.

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  • Pinterest night, organized by the University Program Council, is an opportunity to sit down and actually create something inspired by a few of the more popular crafty ideas that have made it to the boards of pinners everywhere.

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  • Second, you must type in the name of the pinner you would like to add.

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  • You may even want to share it as a group board with family pinners.

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  • You can check any board to see if other pinners are contributing simply by looking at the top left of the page.

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  • This is why it's important for you to add pinners with audiences similar to your own.

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  • You may, however, want to add another "pinner" (Pinterest user) to your board if you have multiple people managing your business account.

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  • When a new pinner follows me, Pinterest sends an email notification, and that email contains a list of their latest pins.

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  • I have been surprised by how many pinners have started to follow my "pressure cooker" board, so I made sure to "pin" this page too so that they can all do the same!

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  • As a dedicated pinner, she spent hours curating her favorite recipes and home decor ideas on Pinterest.

Surface Forms

pinner singular
pinners plural

Morphology

pinner = pin (transparent) = pin + er

Regular agentive formation from the verb 'pin' meaning 'one who pins content', which is directly derivable by learners familiar with social media usage.

Etymology

The word pinner comes from the action pin, which means 'to attach', and from the website Pinterest, where people 'pin' pictures to online boards, so a pinner is someone who saves or shares images on those boards.