whuffie

W4H4U1F4F4I1E1
/ˈwʌfi//ˈʍʌfi/

noun

A type of social capital or reputation, especially within an online community.

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Meanings

nounwhuffie (uncountable)
  1. InternetneologismuncountableA type of social capital or reputation, especially within an online community.

    On the photo-sharing site Flickr, for example, your whuffie might go up with the number of photos you post, the tags you place on photos, the helpful comments you make about other people's photos, the number of useful galleries you create, and so on.

    2010, Mark Durieux, Robert Stebbins, Social Entrepreneurship For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 188

Origin

Coined by Canadian-British-American blogger, journalist, and science fiction author Cory Doctorow in the novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (2003). Popularized by Tara Hunt in the non-fiction book The Whuffie Factor (2009).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with whuffie

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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