What Does This Mean?
[ SLANG ][ MEME CULTURE ][ FORUM CULTURE ]
Reddit slang for an upvote, a deliberate playful misspelling that works as a noun ("an upboat") and a verb ("upboated").
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
""Upboat if you also read the whole thread before commenting.""
LORE & ORIGIN
Wiktionary lists it as a deliberate misspelling of upvote and gives 2024 usage examples, with no first-use date. It belongs to the same family as updoot, the playful upvote word that Dictionary.com traces to the Doot Doot skeleton-trumpet meme of 2011 and which peaked on Reddit around 2015 and 2016.
FIRST SEEN
Unknown (no dated first use found; Wiktionary quotes 2024 examples)
PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)
2010s-2020s
CURRENT STATUS
Legacy / Decaying Slang
AURA IMPACT ⓘ
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TREND STATUS
↓ FADING
EDITORIAL ESTIMATE
CULTURE CATEGORY
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MENTIONS OVER TIME
DOCUMENTED SINCE
Unknown (no dated first use found; Wiktionary quotes 2024 examples)
NOW
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