Flickr

An online social networking service that enables users to share photos.

Proper noun

  1. An online social networking service that enables users to share photos.
    • Today, popularity is typically a multialgorithmic measure. At Flickr, a photo's interestingness derives from views, comments, notes, bookmarks, favorites... - 2010, Peter Morville, Jeffery Callender, Search Patterns:...

Origin

From flicker, suggested by co-founder Caterina Fake after the domain owner of flicker.com refused to sell it.

Derived

Flickrer Flickrite