Meanings
proper noun
- InternetHuffPost (formerly The Huffington Post), a politically liberal US news web site.
HuffPo is not made for people who like their news straight. As the situation in Iraq got boggy, the economy soured and the Bush Administration's popularity face-planted, folks wanted a place to vent.
2009, Time, volume 173, numbers 8-16, page 46
Origin
Syllabic abbreviation of Huffington Post; now treated as a clipping of HuffPost.
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HuffPo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HuffPo
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “HuffPo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HuffPo.
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