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A form of crosspost — An electronic message posted to multiple newsgroups or forums simultaneously.

RareFirst used 1989Scrabble 14
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Meanings

nounxpost (plural xposts)

plural xposts

  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of crosspost.First known use 1989
verbxpost (third-person singular simple present xposts, present participle xposting, simple past and past participle xposted)

present singular third person xposts · participle present xposting · participle past xposted · past xposted

  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of crosspost.First known use 1988

    [still xposting till I hear that .tech is official]

    1988 April 1, Peter Schachte, “devices and directories”, in comp.sys.amiga.tech (Usenet)
    1 more example

    (Sorry to xpost, but I wanted to give everybody a chance to reply... :-)

    1988 May 18, Eric Townsend, “Wanted: new/used 7300/3b1”, in misc.wanted (Usenet)

Origin

From x- + post.

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Cite this entry
APA

xpost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xpost

MLA

“xpost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xpost. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “xpost,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xpost.

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