What Does This Mean?

upper

[ SLANG ][ MULTILINGUAL NATIVE ]

FORCE: Attention EconomyUNIVERSE: French Internet CultureCLUSTER: french_forum_culture

French forum slang meaning to bump a thread: posting a reply, often just the word « up », so that the topic moves back to the top of the list of discussions. It is used to keep an old or unanswered topic visible.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Personne n'a répondu, je vais upper le topic ce soir."

LORE & ORIGIN

Wiktionnaire documents the related adverb « up » as an internet-slang anglicism: on a forum, an expletive word added at the start of a comment on an old thread (example: « up Ne racontez pas la fin du film ! »). The verb « upper » built on it has no entry of its own; as a forum verb it is a recent term; no dated source found yet.

FIRST SEEN

Unknown (recent term; no dated source found yet). The forum adverb « up » is documented on Wiktionnaire

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2000s to 2020s, French forums

CURRENT STATUS

Legacy / Decaying Slang

Related To:topic JVC forumeur

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-FRupper →日本語 ja-JPno fixed local term →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 (recent term; no dated source found yet). The forum adverb « up » is documented on Wiktionnaire

NOW

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