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4 3.8
To use a social website to post photos, send messages, or read other people's posts
  • verb
  • /ˈfeɪsˌbʊk/
  • Texting
translation icon : usar Facebook
  • People emailed and Facebooked me asking how they could help, and a former housing case manager offered to help out if necessary.
  • emailing and Facebooking

Examples

  • Facebook me when you get home.

    The Social Network (2010)

  • Before your company begins Facebooking and tweeting about those great holiday specials, consider what you want to achieve this holiday season.

    Blog text (21)

  • Otherwise, you can Facebook me.

    I Love You, Man (2009)

  • I also made it a point to tell him I would Facebook him at the end of the shift.

    Blog text (19)

  • One, she said, "Facebook me."

    The Social Network (2010)

  • Any mother I know would be tweeting, Facebooking, calling, or doing anything she can to help get votes.

    Blog text (33)

  • We will be blogging, tweeting, and Facebooking to a group site.

    Blog text (21)

  • You can Facebook me if you want to catch up later.

  • After dinner, I plan to Facebook my friends to share photos from the evening.

  • Whenever I want to connect with old friends, I Facebook them.

Compounds

Facebook slut
  • Offensive
9.9

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

Surface Forms

Facebook infinitive
Facebooked past
Facebooked past participle
Facebooking present participle
Facebooks third person singular

Etymology

Facebook as a verb means to use the site Facebook to post, message, or share with others. The verb comes from the name's idea of a face ('a person's photo') and book ('a book of people's photos'), so to Facebook someone is simply to use that online 'book of faces'.