instaban

English

Etymology

insta- +‎ ban

Verb

instaban (third-person singular simple present instabans, present participle instabanning, simple past and past participle instabanned)

1. (informal, Internet) To ban without hesitation.

Noun

instaban (plural instabans)

1. (informal, Internet) An immediate ban.
   • 2015 July 28, Elizabeth Denton, “Instagram Banned #Goddess and People Are Seriously Upset”, in Seventeen Magazine:

     Next up in confusing Instabans...

   • 2019 January 4, “Healthy holidays and a sunscreen rethink: top five travel trends for 2019”, in The Guardian:

     Instabans will spread.

   • 2019 April 15, “Sony ends auto-bans for offensive PSN IDs – changes them automatically instead”, in Metro:

     You'll no longer catch an instaban for giving your PSN ID a potentially offensive name, as Sony plans to check each case individually.

Spanish

Verb

instaban

1. third-person plural imperfect indicative of instar