Dictionary

userbox en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈjuːzəˌbɒks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˈjuzɚˌbɑks/ (General-American)

Etymology

Compound of user + box.

Meanings

1. (taxonomic:Wikimedia jargon) A simple, standardised box placed on a webpage to indicate the user's proficiencies or preferences.
   • I wasn't satisfied with the retrogamer userbox, so I created a new one. 2006, Lee K Seitz, “Any Wikipedians here?”, in rec.games.video.classic (Usenet):
   • Creating a userbox template for posting on member editors' user pages. 2008, John Broughton, Wikipedia: The Missing Manual:
   • Currently, this userbox-mania is tending to decrease on Russian Wikipedia, being systematically repressed by administrators, but it is still thriving in the Ukrainian edition. 2013, Ellen Rutten, Julie Fedor & Vera Zvereva (eds.), Memory, Conflict and New Media: Web Wars in Post-Socialist States, page 134:
2. (Internet) A graphic modelled after this, shared on various social media websites.
   • thank you all!! All 10613 of you!!! Maybe more now!! Here’s to many more userboxes being made!!❤❤ 2016 September 21, userboxes, retrieved 07 Jul 2014:
   • Made some plural userboxes, feel free to use! (With or without credit) - Ben Levine 2022 January 30, r/plural, retrieved 07 Jul 2014:

Forms

Translations (15)

cmn 使用者方塊 /使用者方块 (a box placed on a webpage) · tr kullanıcı kutusu (a box placed on a webpage) · fi käyttäjälaatikko (a box placed on a webpage) · id kotak pengguna (a box placed on a webpage) · nl gebruikersbox (a box placed on a webpage) · ru юзербокс (a box placed on a webpage) · ja ユーザーボックス (a box placed on a webpage) · cmn 用戶框 /用户框 (a box placed on a webpage) · yue 用戶盒仔 /用户盒仔 (a box placed on a webpage) · ko 유저박스 (a box placed on a webpage) · eo uzantoskatolo (a box placed on a webpage) · uz foydalanuvchi qutilari (a box placed on a webpage) · fr boîte utilisateur (a box placed on a webpage) · kk юзербокс (a box placed on a webpage) · he תיבת משתמש (a box placed on a webpage)