Etymology

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Today it means: To mention (something) on the website Reddit. Full definition →

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The story

The website was founded on June 23, 2005, by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, and the name is a play on words of read it (with read in the past tense).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.