brigading

[ bri-gey-ding ]

/ brɪˈgeɪ dɪŋ /

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noun Digital Technology.

the practice of organizing or participating in a coordinated campaign of online harassment against a targeted individual or group, especially on social media: Female streamers and members or allies of marginalized groups are targeted more often and suffer more persistent brigading on their channels.

Usually vote brigading . the practice of manipulating an online poll with an organized campaign of favorable or unfavorable votes, often as a general statement of approval or disapproval for a group, an individual, or their beliefs and affiliations rather than a genuine opinion about a specific question: The movie was a target of vote brigading in the first week of its release, dragging its rating down even though it was popular among audiences in the theater.See also review bomb.

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Origin of brigading

First recorded in 2015–20; brigad(e) + -ing¹

Words nearby brigading

Brieux, brig, brigade, brigadier, brigadier general, brigading, brigalow, brigand, brigandine, brigantine, Brig. Gen.

How to use brigading in a sentence

Cooks moving up in the ranks of the brigade system understand how little they matter and how much that big name can boost a career.
The Toxicity of Restaurant Kitchens Is Exactly Why I Never Reported Abuses|Lindsey Danis|February 4, 2021|Eater
The Reddit brigade, for one, is getting restless for Round 3 of stimmies.
Bitcoin, Big Tech and crude gain as the focus shifts to more stimulus|Bernhard Warner|February 4, 2021|Fortune
More interesting for the Reddit brigade, short positions have dropped from nearly 140% of shares outstanding to roughly 50% yesterday, says the shorts-trackers at S3 Partners.
GameStop plunges again as the retail rally fades|Bernhard Warner|February 2, 2021|Fortune
Let’s spin the roulette wheel, and see what the Reddit brigade is targeting today… Yep, it’s silver.
The Reddit brigade finds a new target in silver, and that sets off an unlikely rally|Bernhard Warner|February 1, 2021|Fortune

As McKay Coppins wrote in a profile, Gingrich was chased out of Congress by the “same bloodthirsty brigade he’d helped elect.”
Newt Gingrich’s blatant hypocrisy|Erik Wemple|January 11, 2021|Washington Post
In fact, anticipating this very emergency, brigading with the British had already been begun.
With the Doughboy in France|Edward Hungerford
In brigading the regiments no attention whatever was paid to the race or color of the men.
The Colored Regulars in the United States Army|T. G. Steward
Sometime in the same month an order was issued from army headquarters, regularly brigading Morgan's command.
History of Morgan's Cavalry|Basil W. Duke
Strongholds were strengthening, regiments brigading, cavalry organizing on all sides.
Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II)|Charles James Lever