PokéTuber

noun

A YouTube personality who makes videos about Pokémon.

OriginEnglish YouTuberbf. ← Middle French tube ← Latin tubus →
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Meanings

nounPokéTuber (plural PokéTubers)

plural PokéTubers

  1. slanglifestyleA YouTube personality who makes videos about Pokémon.

    These PokéTubers have amassed massive followings thanks to their likable personality, knowledge of the franchise, and consistency of quality and quantity.

    2021 September 28, David Caballero, “10 Most Popular PokéTubers, Ranked By Subscribers”, in Screen Rant, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2022
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    Jubilee’s labor during her live streams is particularly attention economy and self-branding based. She has made a name for herself as one of the most popular women Pokétubers (sobriquet given for YouTubers who create Pokémon content).

    2019 August 29, Nicholas-Brie Guarriello, “Never give up, never surrender: Game live streaming, neoliberal work, and personalized media economies”, in New Media & Society, volume 21, number 8, Sage Journals, →DOI, →ISSN

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*puhô
  2. Frankish*pokō
  3. Old Frenchpoche
  4. Anglo-Normanpoket
  5. Middle Englishpocket
  6. Englishpocket
  7. Japaneseポケット
  8. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*monéyeti
  10. Proto-Italic*man-eje-
  11. Proto-Italic*moneō
  12. Proto-Italic*monestrom
  13. Latinmōnstrum
  14. Old Frenchmonstre
  15. Middle Englishmonstre
  16. Englishmonster
  17. Japaneseモンスター
  18. Japaneseポケットモンスターclip.
  19. Japaneseポケモン (Pokemon)
  20. EnglishPokémonclip.
  21. EnglishPoké-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*yúHs
  23. Proto-Indo-European*uswé
  24. Proto-Indo-European*uswís
  25. Proto-Germanic*izwiz
  26. Proto-West Germanic*iwwiz
  27. Old Englishēow
  28. Middle Englishyow
  29. Englishyou
  30. Latintuba
  31. Latintubus
  32. Middle Frenchtube
  33. Englishtube
  34. EnglishYouTube
  35. EnglishYouTuberbf.
  36. EnglishPokéTuber

From Poké- + -Tuber.

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Cite this entry
APA

PokéTuber. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pok%C3%A9Tuber

MLA

“PokéTuber.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pok%C3%A9Tuber. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “PokéTuber,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pok%C3%A9Tuber.

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