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Etymology
From Pinterest, an American image-sharing social media service that enables users to save (“pin”) posts, itself a en pin interest 1 1.
Pronunciation
en /ˈpɪntɹɛst/ UK
en /ˈpɪnt(ə)ɹəst/ /ˈpɪnt(ə)ɹɛst/ /ˈpɪntəɹst/ US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Pinterest.wav US /ˈpɪntɹəst/
Noun
en informal An account on Pinterest.
en Carly B. Schrider Pinterest provides unique online outlet for fashion, marketing: Celebrities, students, Tru(4)ia magazine collect ideas, showcase creativity via stylish website The Etownian 108 18 Elizabethtown, Pa. w:Elizabethtown College 29 March 2012 6 https://archive.org/details/etownian20102012/page/n508/mode/1up 6 1137346074 She allows users to repin her pictures on their Pinterests for their own admiration. Recently, I’ve been following her Pinterest and found that white pencil jeans, platform dress sandals and hi-low chiffon maxi skirts are popping into spring collections and fashionistas’ closets.
en w:Sophie White 12 https://books.google.com/books?id=s82pEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT162 My Hot Friend Dublin Hachette Books Ireland 2023 9781529352764 She scanned the rest of the ideas she’d amalgamated on her Pinterest: handmade candles, homemade jams, woven baskets, pot pourri with a signature scent.
en w:Becca Rothfeld Other People’s Loves https://books.google.com/books?id=Neq5EAAAQBAJ&pg=PT107 All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess New York, N.Y. w:Henry Holt and Company 2024 9781250849922 She had a Facebook, an Instagram, a Twitter, a blog, a LinkedIn, a Pinterest, and a Goodreads account. On her Pinterest, she had amassed hundreds of pictures of wedding dresses on a board called “Someday Soon:D.”
Verb
en informal To use the service Pinterest.
en 2013 Brian Solis WTF?: What's the Future of Business? Changing the Way Businesses Create Experiences Wiley (publisher) Wiley 9781118456538 153 Embracing new network such as Facebook and Twitter, placing social and "viral" content on YouTube and in blogs, hosting Pinteresting boards for products, is all fine and good. But, even in the design of these new media strategies, many experiences consumers are having are vague, disjointed, or undefined.
en 2016 Miranda Talley Reagan STEM-Infusing the Elementary Classroom w:SAGE Publications 9781506336954 5 I was legitimately using Pinterest to find lesson ideas, home decorating tips, and healthy recipes. But somehow along the way I discovered the Humor category. And the rest is history. From that point on, my Pinteresting was no longer productive. Those little cartoons with the sarcastic yet truthful sayings make me laugh every time.
en 2019 Lauren Layne Love on Lexington Avenue w:Gallery Books 9781501191602 268 "Eh. Maybe a little. I guess he did some stuff. Built the kitchen, redid the bathrooms, changed all the flooring, painted all the walls ...""But you Pinterested hard," Audrey pointed out."I did. I really did. Thank you for noticing."
en 2021 Kathleen O'Brien Reclaim Your Right to Grow Old Outskirts Press 9781977231529 62 Even if we start with a mini-Sabbath, say just a few hours every weekend, we can find that restful place for ourselves. You can turn off your computer and your phone. You can stop texting, emailing, Instagramming, tweeting, Facebooking, TikTok-ing, Pinteresting, downloading, and using apps. You don't have to be in touch 24/7. It's not going to kill you. It may help you live longer.
Related terms
en Pinterestaholic Pinterester Pinterestian
See also
en pinboard