instaban

English

Etymology

insta- +‎ ban

Verb

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.

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Spanish

Verb

instaban

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperfect indicative form of instar.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) imperfect indicative form of instar.