Meaning of greentext | Babel Free

Definitions

A short anecdotal story posted on 4chan, typically written in all lowercase, in the present tense, and using the imperative mood without an explicit subject. Each line is usually concise and begins with >.

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Examples

“Thus, we have not covered patterns that were just emerging as we finished our manuscript, such as the discussion of urban legends and misinformation in the Ask Reddit section of reddit^([sic]), the greentext stories on 4chan, or the numerous references to urban legends on Bustle.”

“These are anecdotes written in short, concise sentences that use the 4chan platform's 'greentext' formatting code, which is a function built into the site's forum software that renders any text preceded by an angled, right-facing bracket green in colour.”

“Voicing contempt for the human lives that may have been lost, six responses on the thread react to this tweet in a similar fashion: with images of laughing, or with 4chan greentext that uses the > character to express sarcasm and contempt in the form of mock sympathy for those lost or displaced in the shipwreck.”

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