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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

blue link en · NOUN

Etymology

In most wikis, a link to an existing page appears in blue text.

Meanings

  1. (Internet) A hyperlink displayed in blue, traditionally indicating that the user has not yet visited the linked resource.
  2. (Internet, qualifier:wiki jargon) A blue hyperlink that directs to an existing page of a wiki.
    • Beyond the satisfaction it provides linguistically and in terms of pure meanness, what makes “nepotism baby” so popular is that it also functions as a tool, a simple way for our brains to deconstruct the bigger idea of upward mobility in inequality. Every human is someone’s child, but not everyone’s parents are a blue link on Wikipedia. 2022 August 31, Alex Abad-Santos, “They hate to see a nepotism baby winning”, in Vox:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bluelink alternative lexicographic
blue links Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

red link

Deriveds

blue-linked

Translations (6)

cmn 藍鏈 /蓝链 (hyperlink to an existing page) · pt link azul (hyperlink to an existing page) · fr lien bleu (hyperlink to an existing page) · ja 青リンク (hyperlink to an existing page) · ko 파란 링크 (hyperlink to an existing page) · pt ligação azul (hyperlink to an existing page)