short-form

American  

[shawrt-fawrm] / ˈʃɔrtˌfɔrm /

Or shortform

adjective

1. noting or relating to journalistic content or a genre of journalism characterized by short articles.

2. noting or relating to other types of print or visual media characterized by content that is short in length.

   short-form video clips.

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noun

1. journalistic or other media content so characterized.

Etymology

Origin of short-form

short ( def. ) + form ( def. )

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• short-form vs. long-form

Example Sentences

When my friends asked me why I preferred TikTok to Reels, their short-form platform of choice, I said, “My TikTok algorithm knows me better than I know myself.”

From Slate

Instagram, the great millennial social network we flocked to once our parents got on Facebook, isn’t where we see what our friends ate for dinner anymore—it’s an entertainment hub, filled with short-form clips from longer press junkets, #linkinbio invitations to read articles, and spammy ads.

From Slate

The new policy was published after investors closed a deal with TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance on Thursday to run the popular short-form video app's business in the US.

From BBC

Yet this represented a major vibe shift in Vimeo’s M.O., transforming it from a unique gallery of creative showcases to just another software-as-a-service vendor attempting to stand out amid the onslaught of the short-form, vertical, and A.I. video era.

From Slate

That could lower content creation and advertising costs, and boost content creation on Kuaishou’s short-form video platform, they added.

From The Wall Street Journal