softblock

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A form of soft-block — To block (a user) on social media and then immediately unblock them, so that the user will (perhaps unknowingly) no longer follow or engage with the blocking user's posts.

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Meanings

verbsoftblock (third-person singular simple present softblocks, present participle softblocking, simple past and past participle softblocked)

present singular third person softblocks · participle present softblocking · participle past softblocked · past softblocked

  1. alternativeAlternative form of soft-block.
nounsoftblock (plural softblocks)

plural softblocks

  1. alternativeAlternative form of soft-block.
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APA

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

MLA

“softblock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/softblock. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “softblock,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/softblock.

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