Dictionary

Mastodon en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmæs.tə.dɒn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /-dən/ (General-American)
• /ˈmæs.tə.dɑn/ (General-American)

Etymology

See mastodon.

Meanings

1. A nickname for both the 4-8-0 and (though erroneously) the 4-10-0 train configurations.

Forms

Mastodon en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmæs.tə.dɒn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /-dən/ (General-American)
• /ˈmæs.tə.dɑn/ (General-American)

Etymology

See mastodon.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:social media) A decentralized microblogging platform, part of the Fediverse.
   • Since Musk bought the bird app last month, users are looking for ways to access Mastodon, the open source microblogging platform that isn’t quite Twitter but seems to be the closest thing to it, and they’re signing up for its many servers in droves. 2022 November 9, Amanda Hoover, “Twitter Users Have Caused a Mastodon Meltdown”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2022:
   • However, the underlying design of platforms within [The Free Network] such as Mastodon, Diaspora and others ... opens the door to security and harassment problems. 2020, Kevin Veale, Gaming the Dynamics of Online Harassment, Springer International Publishing, →ISBN, page 113:

Deriveds

John Mastodon · mastocel · -stodon · Mastodonian · Masto

Relateds

toot

Translations (13)

cmn 長毛象 /长毛象 (decentralized online microblogging platform) · nl Mastodon (decentralized online microblogging platform) · am ማስቶዶን (decentralized online microblogging platform) · de Mastodon (decentralized online microblogging platform) · ar مَاسْتُودُون (decentralized online microblogging platform) · cmn 萬象 /万象 (decentralized online microblogging platform) · ja マストドン (decentralized online microblogging platform) · fr Mastodon (decentralized online microblogging platform) · el μαστόδοντας (decentralized online microblogging platform) · th มาสโตดอน (decentralized online microblogging platform) · cmn 毛象 (decentralized online microblogging platform) · ko 마스토돈 (decentralized online microblogging platform) · he מסטודון (decentralized online microblogging platform)