updoot

English

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Noun

updoot (plural updoots)

1. (Internet slang, humorous) An upvote.
   • 2015, Amanda Fisher, quoted in "My identical stranger: Woman is shocked to find her doppelganger on Instagram", Daily Mail, 11 August 2015:

     'Thanks for the updoots in hopes of finding her. I'm hoping she didn't cease to exist after I saw her.'

   • 2015, anonymous, quoted in Kim Axelsson & Kasper Batalje, "Utforskning i spel och immersionens djup", thesis submitted to Södertörn University, page 34:

     Creating and designing asthetically^[sic] pleasing maps to share on Reddit for updoots and karma.

   • 2019, anonymous, quoted in Brent J Hale, "Responding to depression-related Imgur posts: A content analysis of social support and nonbona fide features in user-generated comments", Digital Health, Volume 5 (2019) (link):

     A third poster provided a more detailed response, writing “Woke up to so many kind words and updoots [upvotes]. Thank you everyone! I’m really touched by the support of this community. You guys are awesome.”

Verb

updoot (third-person singular simple present updoots, present participle updooting, simple past and past participle updooted)

1. (Internet slang, humorous) To upvote.