silkpost

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noun

A social media post, typically on Reddit, intended to, often humorously, deceive the reader about the Metroidvania video game Hollow Knight: Silksong (2025).

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Meanings

nounsilkpost (plural silkposts)

plural silkposts

  1. InternetneologismA social media post, typically on Reddit, intended to, often humorously, deceive the reader about the Metroidvania video game Hollow Knight: Silksong (2025).
verbsilkpost (third-person singular simple present silkposts, present participle silkposting, simple past and past participle silkposted)

present singular third person silkposts · participle present silkposting · participle past silkposted · past silkposted

  1. InternetintransitiveneologismTo make a silkpost.

Origin

Blend of Silksong + -post. The format originated due to the long development cycle of Hollow Knight: Silksong with scarce updates from its makers, with users deceiving others into believing that there had been news on the game.

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APA

silkpost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silkpost

MLA

“silkpost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silkpost. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “silkpost,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silkpost.

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