finsta

alternative Finsta

1. African-American Vernacular and Southern US form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action.

   I'm finsta go to the store.

plural finstas

1. informalA secondary Instagram account under which one posts privately or anonymously.

   “My little sister who's in middle school is doing finstas,” Carrie said.

   2017, Nancy Jo Sales, American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers, page 134

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   On a seemingly regular basis, young White people's overtly racist remarks are moved out of the shadows of their “Finstas” (fake instagram accounts) and into the “public” domain to be judged by all.

   2020, Christopher D. DeSante, Candis Watts Smith, The Millennial Generation and the Stagnation of Racial Attitudes in American Politics, page 101

   I'd say the concept of sliding into one's DMs [direct messages] on Instagram is very powerful, especially because finstas allow people to be more open about things.

   2021, anonymous student, quoted in Roberta Katz, Sarah Ogilvie, & Jane Shaw, Gen Z, Explained: The Art of Living in a Digital Age, page 74

   Synonyms: finstagram, spam account, dump account · Antonyms: main account, rinsta

plural Finstas

1. alternativeAlternative form of finsta.

   When we had spoken by phone before my visit, they explained that many kids create “Finsta” accounts. That's teenage shorthand for Fake Instagram, which is a second account that parents don't know about. Teens post sexier images or ask about parties and drugs on Finsta accounts.

   2018, Katherine Reynolds Lewis, The Good News About Bad Behavior: Why Kids Are Less Disciplined Than Ever — And What to Do About It, pages 16-17