BuzzFeedy

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English

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Etymology

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From BuzzFeed +‎ -y.

Adjective

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BuzzFeedy (comparative more BuzzFeedy, superlative most BuzzFeedy)

  1. (informal) Resembling the news and entertainment site BuzzFeed.
    Synonym: BuzzFeedish
    • 2020 June 8, Stuart Heritage, “Succession’s 10 best moments: from Boar on the Floor to excruciating phone sex”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-01-22:
      One subplot involved the acquisition of Vaulter, a vaguely Vicey/Buzzfeedy/Gawkery website that was kept afloat on an empty wave of pure clickbait.
    • 2023 May 3, Nathan Heller, “BuzzFeed, Gawker, and the Casualties of the Traffic Wars”, in The New Yorker[2], New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-09-02:
      When one of BuzzFeed’s famous quizzes went buggy and complaints went viral, Facebook—now more BuzzFeedy than BuzzFeed—liked what it saw.