crosspost

An electronic message posted to multiple newsgroups or forums simultaneously.

Noun

  1. An electronic message posted to multiple newsgroups or forums simultaneously.
  2. An instance of crossposting, or the post thus created.

Origin

Etymology tree English cross- English post English crosspost From cross- + post.

Forms

crossposts cross-post xpost

Verb

  1. To post (a message) to multiple newsgroups or forums simultaneously.
    • but it sounds like a rationalization to me. I'm cross-posting this to net.women to see how women feel about it. - 1983 December 20, George Sicherman, “Relationships and Later Lovers”, in net.singles (Usenet), retrieved...
  2. To post an entry (in a book index or other index) such that no matter which word a user looks under, they will find the relevant entry (see examples).

Forms

crossposts crossposting crossposted cross-post xpost

Related

multipost velveeta

Derived

crossposter