Internet
dogpile
What does dogpile mean?
When a horde of users descend on one account at once — quote-tweets, replies, screenshots, the works — usually after one tweet went viral for the wrong reasons. Can be playful ratio-ing or full harassment depending on the target.
"She made one bad take about pasta and got dogpiled by every Italian on the timeline."
Origin
Older general-English word for a heap of people jumping on one, repurposed for the social-media phenomenon of mass online attacks.
Frequently asked questions
What does dogpile mean online?
A dogpile is a swarm of users piling onto one account in coordinated replies and quote-tweets.
How do you use dogpile in a sentence?
"One bad take and the whole timeline dogpiled her."
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