Etymology Blend of what's up + app, coined as a trademark.
1
To contact (someone) via WhatsApp.
2
To send (something) via WhatsApp to (someone).
- People often say pooping is taboo, but lately it seems more like a cultural fetish. There are poop emoji birthday parties for three-year-olds, people WhatsApping photos of their ordure to friends, TripAdvisor threads on how to avoid or avail yourself of squat toilets.2018 November 30, Alex Blasdel, “Bowel movement: the push to change the way you poo”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:
- And no one sends emails like that anymore because now we’re all just doing what, obviously, everyone does, is WhatsApping each other short little things.2025 August 13, Sam Graham-Felsen, “Where Did All My Male Friendships Go?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2025: