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Instagram en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɪns.təˌɡɹæm/

Etymology

Trade name. Blend of instant + telegram. By surface analysis, insta- + -gram.

Meanings

1. A user's profile or account on this service.
   • She's been blowing up my Instagram!
   • Have you seen her Instagram lately?
2. A photograph or video shared on this service.
   • I saw one of her Instagrams last week, but I haven't talked to her since then.

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Instagram en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɪns.təˌɡɹæm/

Etymology

Trade name. Blend of instant + telegram. By surface analysis, insta- + -gram.

Meanings

1. (Internet) An online photo- and video-sharing social networking service, originally designed to mimic old-fashioned instant cameras.
   • One who is quickly causing controversy — although his 249K Instagram follower tally is a far cry from Tate’s 4.6 million before Tate was banned — is Myron Gaines, co-host of the Fresh and Fit podcast which markets itself as the No. 1 men’s podcast in the world. 2023 June 9, John Mac Ghlionn, “The new Andrew Tate: Toxic ‘manosphere’ podcaster claims ‘all women are whores’”, in New York Post:
   • Carla's got a boyfriend / I spotted him on Instagram / Followed him about a bit 2020, “Carla's got a boyfriend”, in The Night Chancers, performed by Baxter Dury:
   • He posted a gym reel on Instagram.
   • According to a survey commissioned by the credit card company Barclay, 9 percent of shoppers in Britain admitted to buying clothes online for Instagram. After posting pictures of themselves wearing the item online, they return it. 2019 September 25, Kendra Pierre-Louis, “How to Buy Clothes That Are Built to Last”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 May 2025:
   • Megan has 53 posts and 41.7k followers on Instagram.

Deriveds

finsta · Instamum · Instamom · Instapoet · Insta · Instaworthy · Instaverse · Bookstagrammer · 'Gram · Instagrammability · Ins · Bookstagram · Instagramable · Instaceleb · Instagrammer · Studygram · Instafamous · Gram · foodstagramming · foodstagrammer · 'gram · studygrammer · foodstagram · IG · gram · Instapoetry · Instadad · Instafame · finstagram · rinsta · Instagramability · Schizogram · Instagrammable · studygram

Descendants

Instagram · إِنْسْتَغْرَام · אינסטגרם · இந்ஸ்டக்ராம் · ин100гра́м · Instagram · Instagram · і́нста · Інстагра́м · Instagram · Ίνσταγκραμ · इन्स्टाग्राम · Instagram · ইন্স্টাগ্র্যাম · И́нстаграм · اسټګرام · 인스타그램 · ኢንስታግራም · ඉන්ස්ටග්රම් · Инстагра́м · И́нстаграм · instaqram · ꦆꦤ꧀ꦱ꧀ꦛꦒꦿꦩ꧀ · Instagramo · Instagram · إِنْسْتَقْرَام · ଇନ୍ସ୍ଟଗ୍ରାମ · インスタグラム · Ինստագրամ · इन्स्टग्राम · インスタ · insta · instagramas · ინსტაგრამი · ኢንስታግራም · ఇన్స్టగ్రమ్ · Instagram · Instagram · Instagram · Інстаґрáм · اینستگرام · 인스타

Relateds

insta-

Synonyms

IG · Insta (clippings) · Ins (clippings) · 'gram (clippings)

Translations (47)

cmn 即時電報 /即时电报 (online photo-sharing service) · fi Instagram (online photo-sharing service) · id Instagram (online photo-sharing service) · cmn Instagram (online photo-sharing service) · ta இந்ஸ்டக்ராம் (online photo-sharing service) · he אינסטגרם (online photo-sharing service) · jv ꦆꦤ꧀ꦱ꧀ꦛꦒꦿꦩ꧀ (online photo-sharing service) · el Ίνσταγκραμ (online photo-sharing service) · si ඉන්ස්ටග්රම් (online photo-sharing service) · bn ইন্স্টাগ্র্যাম (online photo-sharing service) · am ኢንስታግራም (online photo-sharing service) · fr Instagram (online photo-sharing service) · de Instagram (online photo-sharing service) · mk И́нстаграм (online photo-sharing service) · ti ኢንስታግራም (online photo-sharing service) · or ଇନ୍ସ୍ଟଗ୍ରାମ (online photo-sharing service) · el ίνσταγκραμ (online photo-sharing service) · hi इन्स्टग्राम (online photo-sharing service) · ar إِنْسْتَغْرَام (online photo-sharing service) · ru Инстагра́м (online photo-sharing service) · be Інстагра́м (online photo-sharing service) · es Instagram (online photo-sharing service) · mr इन्स्टाग्राम (online photo-sharing service) · te ఇన్స్టగ్రమ్ (online photo-sharing service) · pl Instagram (online photo-sharing service) · ko 인스타 (online photo-sharing service) · uk Інстагра́м (online photo-sharing service) · acw إنستقرام (online photo-sharing service) · mi paeāhua (online photo-sharing service) · ms Instagram (online photo-sharing service) · pt Instagram (online photo-sharing service) · ja インスタグラム (online photo-sharing service) · ps اسټګرام (online photo-sharing service) · ko 인스타그램 (online photo-sharing service) · hy Ինստագրամ (online photo-sharing service) · bg И́нстаграм (online photo-sharing service) · fi insta (online photo-sharing service) · lt instagramas (online photo-sharing service) · ja インスタ (online photo-sharing service) · ar إِنْسْتَقْرَام (online photo-sharing service) · eo Instagramo (online photo-sharing service) · az instaqram (online photo-sharing service) · fa اینستگرام (online photo-sharing service) · ka ინსტაგრამი (online photo-sharing service) · vi Instagram (online photo-sharing service) · uk Інстаґрáм (online photo-sharing service) · tr Instagram (online photo-sharing service)

Instagram en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɪns.təˌɡɹæm/

Etymology

Trade name. Blend of instant + telegram. By surface analysis, insta- + -gram.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To use the social networking service Instagram.
   • The thinking goes that if the modern audience watches TV on laptops, while Instagramming and checking emails at the same time, why would contemporary artists ignore that and insist on trapping them in a silent black box for an hour? 2013 July 5, Lyndsey Winship, “Mårten Spångberg, the bad boy of contemporary dance”, in The Guardian:
2. (ambitransitive) To post an image or video of (something) to Instagram.
   • Her mother cried when she answered / Said she don't know what got inside this child's mind, she planted / A box of condoms on her dresser then she Instagrammed it. 2012, Nas, No I.D., Patrick Adams, Gary DeCarlo, Dale Frashuer, Paul Leka, “Daughters” (track 5), in Life is Good, performed by Nas:
   • Emily adores Paris and Instagrams the city at every turn. 2025, Julien Thèves, "Vous aimez 'Emily in Paris,' vous aimerez la capitale française", translated and quoted by Thérèse Migraine-George, in French Gastronomy in the US
   • Preston leaves by himself under the pretense of grabbing coffee, needing to get out for a few minutes, to breathe air, to be unwatched. He Instagrams the butchered name the barista writes on his coffee cup: Pearson. 2021, A. E. Osworth, chapter 20, in We Are Watching Eliza Bright, →ISBN:
   • [see title] 2014 July 7, Kaitlan Collins, “Kim Kardashian Was Desperate To Leave The Hamptons So She Could Instagram”, in The Daily Caller:
3. (ambitransitive) To digitally manipulate a photograph using filter effects.
   • To illustrate, I used B-roll of photos on the iPhone that were being “Instagrammed” (Figure 8.6) with fun filters along with screen captures of Instragram's No. 1 ranking in the iTunes App Store and the Apple website touting the iPhone 4S. 2012, Jefferson Graham, Video Nation, →ISBN, page 160:
   • There he was, staring cheekily into the camera for a perfectly instagrammed photo which had been touched up to show off his muscles, raw sex appeal and wild, unkempt hair. 2014, Reenita Malhotra Hora, Operation Mom, →ISBN:
   • The cameras were out and we were all trying to get pictures of each other, which we then spent a further half an hour trying to Instagram to make us look as good as possible 2014, Rachael Chadwick, 60 Postcards: The inspirational story of a young woman's journey to celebrate her mother, one postcard at a time, →ISBN:
   • In a world where it is de rigueur to announce your wedding on Facebook and show the world artfully Instagrammed pictures of your appendectomy, it's no surprise that the Bee has a social media presence. 2013 May 31, Kory Stamper, “The Spelling Bee turns Twitter into our national sports bar”, in The Guardian:

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