direct message
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
direct message (plural direct messages)
- (Internet) Synonym of private message.
- Synonym: (initialism) DM
Verb[edit]
direct message (third-person singular simple present direct messages, present participle direct messaging, simple past and past participle direct messaged)
- (Internet) Synonym of private message.
- Synonym: (initialism) DM
- 2022 October 27, Paloma Torres, quoting Potentially Petty/Hot Person, “Advice Column: Am I becoming hotter or just pettier? Paloma Torres answers the age-old question constantly on everyone's minds”, in The Eyeopener, volume 56, number 7, page 3:
- And just last week, I gave my partner the silent treatment for not answering me after five minutes. On social media, all I seem to do is hard-block people left and right, foregoing the soft-block altogether. If I’m not doing that, I leave rude comments with super sassy emojis or direct message my friends with passive-aggressive cat GIFs.