vaguepost meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

vaguepost

noun

Etymology From vague + -post.

Internet A cryptic or ambiguous social media post that is on the subject of a person or thing without explicitly mentioning them.

I’ve had a draft sitting in my folder for about a year with the title and a few notes about the ex-girlfriend who saw vagueposts everywhere.2020 February 27, Page, “Vagueposting Has Really Become an Inescapable Cultural Expectation”, in Poly.Land, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2025:
Leadership is definitely tough, but it really feels like we're just stumbling from debacle to debacle. Then you look at this post, the one by boats, and the metric ton of subtweets and vagueposts which all keep touching on the fact that something is not quite right at the very heart of it. How did we end up in a situation where an individual was able to unilaterally make a decision like this with no accountability or even apology as of yet?2023 May 28, u/mbStavola, “JT: Why I left Rust”, in Reddit, r/rust, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2025:

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Petty af lmao. Can't wait for the vagueposts she and Jess inevitably release about each other when the season's over.2024 July 2, “The caption under harriets new insta post 😭😭”, in Reddit, r/LoveIslandTV, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2025:
I have to stop following you. Your vagueposts for engagement make me want to jump off a cliff.2025 March 19, @MWmtGiant, Twitter, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2025:

verb

Etymology From vague + -post.

Internet, Ambitransitive To create a vaguepost.

And as I pore over all of the available reading material, it becomes clear that some folks in this new community vaguepost all the damn time. […] Perhaps unsurprisingly, I’m noticing that the ones most prone to vagueposting also are the ones who assume that others are vagueposting.2020 February 27, Page, “Vagueposting Has Really Become an Inescapable Cultural Expectation”, in Poly.Land, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2025:
The first person is second hand complaining about a very specific breed of terminally online tumblr user, while mixing it with a very specific breed of booktok writer, possibly vagueposting about a specific person2024 February 20, u/YouIHe, “sobbing”, in Reddit, r/CuratedTumblr, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2025:

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I judge adults who vaguepost like sullen teenagers: "Nothing even matters, no matter how hard I try." "It's time for me to stop caring about the people who don't care about me." Then when you ask on the post or DM them, they "don't want to talk about it." And they do this a lot and complain that nobody cares about them.2024 April 7, u/tekvenus, “What do you secretly judge people for?”, in Reddit, r/AskReddit, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2025:
My mom also vagueposted a hospitalization I feel this2024 April 16, @AcePuppet00, Twitter, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2025:

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