What Does This Mean?

ふぁぼる

[ SLANG ][ MULTILINGUAL NATIVE ]

FORCE: Attention EconomyUNIVERSE: Japanese Internet CultureCLUSTER: social_verbs

ふぁぼる (fabo-ru) is a Japanese verb meaning to add a tweet to your favorites on Twitter, and by extension to "like" something. It is made by attaching the verb ending る to ふぁぼ, the Japanese reading of "fav(orite)". It can also be used for other social platforms and in daily life.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""He ふぁぼった every photo she posted from the trip.""

LORE & ORIGIN

Weblio explains that ふぁぼる combines the English word favorite with the Japanese verb ending る, and notes it is sometimes used loosely for simply liking something. No dated first use is named. The existing fabo entry is the noun form and fabo-baku the mass-favorite phenomenon; this entry is the verb.

FIRST SEEN

Unknown (Twitter favorite era; exact first use not documented)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2010s (Japanese Twitter)

CURRENT STATUS

Legacy / Decaying Slang

Related To:ふぁぼふぁぼ爆

Leer en español →Lire en français →日本語版を読む →한국어판 보기 →Ler em português →阅读中文版 →

EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Español es-ESno fixed local term →Français fr-FRno fixed local term →日本語 ja-JPふぁぼる →한국어 ko-KRno fixed local term →Português pt-BRno fixed local term →中文 zh-CNno fixed local term →

AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

↓ FADING

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

[ SLANG ][ MULTILINGUAL NATIVE ]

RELATED TERMS

MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

Unknown (Twitter favorite era; exact first use not documented)

NOW

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TOP PLATFORMS

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