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tagboard en · NOUN

Etymology

From tag + board.

Meanings

  1. (Internet, countable, dated, rare) A small message board on a webpage, usually located in the sidebar, where visitors can leave a name and short message.
    • The purpose of cam girl blogs vary wildly. They may contain anything from one-line entries about how the girl is feeling that day[…] or when she will be online to chat (often conducted via a tagboard—an instant message board—on her site), […] 2012, Anita Harris, editor, Next Wave Cultures: Feminism, Subcultures, Activism, Routledge, →ISBN, page 123:
  2. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of oaktag.
    • Cut two equal pieces of tagboard the size of a greeting card. 2013, Kathleen Glavich, Arts and Crafts from A to Z: Over 150 Ideas for Catechists and Religion Teachers, Twenty-Third Publications, →ISBN, page 90:
    • Lay one piece of tagboard, 14" x 4", on the wrong side of the cretonne, 2 1/4" x 5", with a one-half-inch border of cretonne on all four sides. Draw a pencil line on the cretonne around the tagboard, then remove the[…] 1925, S. E. Evalyn Hammond, Paper Craft Problems, Bookbinding, Basket and Box Making, and Gift Novelties, page 96:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
tag board alternative lexicographic
tagboards Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

shoutbox · chatbox · oaktag

Translations (1)

ga clibchlár (Internet: a small message board on a webpage)