Snapchat

[snap-chat]

Digital Technology, Trademark.

1. a brand name for an image messaging service and application, through which users can share images that may be private and temporary or public and stored for retrieval.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Snapchat¹

First recorded in 2011; snap ( def. ) + chat ( def. )

Example Sentences

Ellie was 10 when she got her first smartphone, downloading YouTube as one of her first apps, but today she mostly uses WhatsApp and Snapchat.

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One-star reviews and a sense of injustice have dominated online discussion since the popular messaging app Snapchat became the latest tech firm to put a price tag on a service people previously enjoyed using for free.

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"If I know millennials right, most of us have years worth of memories on Snapchat," they said.

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Snapchat has not yet said how much storage plans would cost in the UK - only that they are part of a "gradual global rollout".

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"Hosting trillions of Memories on Snapchat isn't a trivial amount," social media consultant Matt Navarra told the BBC.

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