userbox

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UK/ˈjuːzəˌbɒks/US/ˈjuzɚˌbɑks/

noun

A simple, standardised box placed on a webpage to indicate the user's proficiencies or preferences.

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Meanings

nounuserbox (plural userboxes or (humorous) userboxen)

plural userboxes · humorous plural userboxen

  1. A simple, standardised box placed on a webpage to indicate the user's proficiencies or preferences.

    Creating a userbox template for posting on member editors' user pages.

    2008, John Broughton, Wikipedia: The Missing Manual
    2 more examples

    I wasn't satisfied with the retrogamer userbox, so I created a new one.

    2006, Lee K Seitz, “Any Wikipedians here?”, in rec.games.video.classic (Usenet)

    Currently, this userbox-mania is tending to decrease on Russian Wikipedia, being systematically repressed by administrators, but it is still thriving in the Ukrainian edition.

    2013, Ellen Rutten, Julie Fedor & Vera Zvereva (eds.), Memory, Conflict and New Media: Web Wars in Post-Socialist States, page 134
  2. InternetA graphic modelled after this, shared on various social media websites.

    Made some plural userboxes, feel free to use! (With or without credit) - Ben Levine

    2022 January 30, r/plural, retrieved 07 Jul 2014
    1 more example

    thank you all!! All 10613 of you!!! Maybe more now!! Here’s to many more userboxes being made!!❤❤

    2016 September 21, userboxes, retrieved 07 Jul 2014

Origin

Compound of user + box.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 用戶盒仔 /用户盒仔
  • 用戶盒仔 /用户盒仔 (jung⁶ wu⁶ hap⁶ zai²)a box placed on a webpage
Chinese Mandarin 用戶框 /用户框, 使用者方塊 /使用者方块
  • 用戶框 /用户框 (yònghùkuàng)a box placed on a webpage
  • 使用者方塊 /使用者方块 (shǐyòngzhě fāngkuài)a box placed on a webpage
Dutch gebruikersbox
  • gebruikersboxa box placed on a webpage
Esperanto uzantoskatolo
  • uzantoskatoloa box placed on a webpage
Finnish käyttäjälaatikko
  • käyttäjälaatikkoa box placed on a webpage
French boîte utilisateur
  • boîte utilisateura box placed on a webpage
Hebrew תיבת משתמש
  • תיבת משתמש (teivát mishtamésh)a box placed on a webpage
Indonesian kotak pengguna
  • kotak penggunaa box placed on a webpage
Japanese ユーザーボックス
  • ユーザーボックス (yūzābokkusu)a box placed on a webpage
Korean 유저박스
  • 유저박스 (yujeobakseu)a box placed on a webpage
Russian юзербокс
  • юзербокс (juzerboks)a box placed on a webpage
Turkish kullanıcı kutusu
  • kullanıcı kutusua box placed on a webpage

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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