blue check mark

plural blue check marks · alternative blue checkmark

1. InternetdatedderogatorysometimesSynonym of blue check.

   A month later most of us are voluntary detainees in our homes as part of an inspiring— if weird—act of mass solidarity. We are not doing it because «fear porn» made us or because the blue check marks hate Donald Trump.

   2020 April 17, Tim Miller, “The Ballad of Clay Travis”, in Gorizont Russian Newspaper, page 13

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   “Some blue check marks,” he said, in reference to verified users on Twitter, “are trying to take credit for Epstein’s arrest, but I think we all know where the real investigations are coming from . . . The chans are incredible!”

   2019 July 10, Travis View, “How conspiracy theorists taint the justice they seek”, in The Washington Post

   I think a lot of Democrats around the country imagine a Justice League-style building where all the party players have an office and there is a conference room where Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, the presidential candidates, and all your favorite Blue Check Marks on Twitter get together to make strategic decisions.

   2020, Dan Pfeiffer, Un-Trumping America: A Plan to Make America a Democracy Again, unnumbered page

   Synonyms: blue check