Glossary archive

Reddit terms, trimmed down for fast reading.

Use this glossary to understand the language around Reddit, communities, and the way people describe what they find there. Some terms may be NSFW.

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G97 gilded comment A comment that has received an award. G98 highlighted comment A comment or post highlighted for attention. G99 pinned comment A comment pinned or featured by moderators. G100 sticky A sticky post or sticky comment kept at the top of a community or thread. G101 stickied A comment that has been converted into a sticky or highlighted state. G102 stickied comment A comment that has been pinned by a moderator or community tool. G103 locked comment A comment whose reply options are turned off. G104 locked A state where new comments are no longer allowed. G105 locked thread A thread where commenting has been turned off. G106 archived A post or thread that is no longer open for interaction after time has passed. G107 autoarchived A post that has been archived automatically. G108 archived post A post that has entered the archived state. G109 [removed] Content that was removed from Reddit. G110 [deleted] Content that the author deleted. G111 user deleted A user who deleted their own post or comment. G112 shadow deleted A term people use when a post or comment seems removed without a visible author. G113 ghost post An informal label for a post that appears to be gone but still has traces in... G114 ghost reply An informal label for a reply that seems to vanish or never fully appear. G115 ghost ping An informal phrase for a missed or invisible notification. G116 edit Changing the text of a post or comment after publishing it. G117 edit history The record of a post or comment after it has been edited. G118 edit note A short note explaining why a post or comment was edited. G119 edit for clarity An edit made to improve clarity without changing meaning. G120 edit: wow this blew up An edit note used when a post suddenly gets much more attention.