shadowban
English
/ˈʃædoʊbæn/, /ˈʃædəʊbæn/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To ban a discussion board user without their knowledge, allowing them to continue reading and commenting, but rendering their comments invisible to other users.
- (transitive) Of a search engine: to filter out results without the publisher's knowledge.
Etymology
Compound from English shadow + English ban (a warden, edict, public proclamation).
Origin
English
ban
Gloss
a warden, edict, public proclamation
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiban English
- antishadow English
- ban English
- ban hammer English
- banat English
- banate English
- banhammer English
- banish English
- bannable English
- banworthy English
- beshade English
- beshadow English
- centiban English
- chromoshadow English
- deciban English
- enshadow English
- eyeshadow English
- forban English
- foreshadow English
- instaban English
- kickban English
- nonshadow English
- outshadow English
- overshadow English
- permaban English
- preban English
- rainshadow English
- shadow English
- shadowable English
- shadowboxer English
- shadowboxing English
- shadowcast English
- shadowcasting English
- shadower English
- shadowest English
- shadoweth English
- shadowgram English
- shadowgraph English
- shadowish English
- shadowland English
- shadowless English
- shadowlike English
- shadowy English
- supershadow English
- unban English
- unshadow English
- bannata Finnish
- banear Spanish, Castilian
- bannen Middle English
- schadowe Middle English
- ban
- banat
- unban
- preban
- banish
- shadow
- banate
- forban
- kickban
- antiban
- shadowy
- beshade
- deciban
- permaban
- enshadow
- unshadow
- centiban
- shadower
- instaban
- beshadow
- bannable
- shadowish
- shadowest
- nonshadow
- outshadow
- banworthy
- shadoweth
- eyeshadow
- banhammer
- antishadow
- rainshadow
- shadowgram
- shadowland
- shadowlike
- shadowless
- shadowcast
- shadowable
- overshadow
- ban hammer
- foreshadow
- supershadow
- shadowboxer
- shadowgraph
- shadowboxing
- chromoshadow
- shadowcasting