Meanings
verbinstaban (third-person singular simple present instabans, present participle instabanning, simple past and past participle instabanned)
present singular third person instabans · participle present instabanning · participle past instabanned · past instabanned
- InternetinformalTo ban without hesitation.
nouninstaban (plural instabans)
plural instabans
- InternetinformalAn immediate ban.
Instabans will spread.
2019 January 4, “Healthy holidays and a sunscreen rethink: top five travel trends for 2019”, in The Guardian2 more examples
Next up in confusing Instabans...
2015 July 28, Elizabeth Denton, “Instagram Banned #Goddess and People Are Seriously Upset”, in Seventeen MagazineYou'll no longer catch an instaban for giving your PSN ID a potentially offensive name, as Sony plans to check each case individually.
2019 April 15, “Sony ends auto-bans for offensive PSN IDs – changes them automatically instead”, in Metro
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APA
instaban. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instaban
MLA
“instaban.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instaban. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “instaban,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instaban.
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