What Does This Mean?

ふぁぼ

[ SLANG ][ MULTILINGUAL NATIVE ]

FORCE: Attention EconomyUNIVERSE: Japanese TwitterCLUSTER: sns_reaction_slang

The Japanese slang name for Twitter's favorite (お気に入り) feature, and for a favorite received. The verb form ふぁぼる means to favorite a post, and ふぁぼられる means to be favorited. It is also still used for likes, the feature that later replaced favorites.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""He got over a thousand ふぁぼ on that photo overnight.""

LORE & ORIGIN

A clipping of "favorite", written in hiragana as ふぁぼ. Weblio describes it as a Japanese nickname for the favorites feature and notes the common verb ふぁぼる. The English-language service called the feature Favorite or Fav. Dated first use is not documented. The related ふぁぼ爆 (rapidly liking many posts) is a separate entry.

FIRST SEEN

Unknown (Twitter-era term; exact first use not documented)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2010s (Japanese Twitter)

CURRENT STATUS

Legacy / Decaying Slang

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 →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

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RELATED TERMS

ふぁぼ爆

MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

Unknown (Twitter-era term; exact first use not documented)

NOW

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