blue link

noun

A hyperlink displayed in blue, traditionally indicating that the user has not yet visited the linked resource.

Opposite
red link
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Meanings

nounblue link (plural blue links)

plural blue links · alternative bluelink

  1. InternetA hyperlink displayed in blue, traditionally indicating that the user has not yet visited the linked resource.
  2. Internetwiki jargonA blue hyperlink that directs to an existing page of a wiki.
    1 more example

    Beyond the satisfaction it provides linguistically and in terms of pure meanness, what makes “nepotism baby” so popular is that it also functions as a tool, a simple way for our brains to deconstruct the bigger idea of upward mobility in inequality. Every human is someone’s child, but not everyone’s parents are a blue link on Wikipedia.

    2022 August 31, Alex Abad-Santos, “They hate to see a nepotism baby winning”, in Vox

    Antonyms: red link

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA blue hyperlink that directs to an existing page of a wiki.

Opposite
red link

Origin

In most wikis, a link to an existing page appears in blue text.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 藍鏈 /蓝链
  • 藍鏈 /蓝链 (lánliàn)hyperlink to an existing page
French lien bleu
  • lien bleuhyperlink to an existing page
Japanese 青リンク
  • 青リンク (ao rinku)hyperlink to an existing page
Korean 파란 링크
  • 파란 링크 (paran ringkeu)hyperlink to an existing page
Portuguese ligação azul, link azul
  • ligação azulhyperlink to an existing page
  • link azulhyperlink to an existing page
Cite this entry
APA

blue link. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blue%20link

MLA

“blue link.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blue%20link. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blue link,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blue%20link.

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