like4like

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of like for like, itself a clipping of like for a like back or a similar phrasing; otherwise analysable as like (“to show approval of something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote”) +‎ 4 (“abbreviation of for”) +‎ like.

Noun

like4like (uncountable)

1. (Internet slang) On social media services, the practice of liking a person's post or page in exchange for said person mutually liking one's post or page back, sometimes with the goal of artificially inflating one's like count.

Coordinate terms

• view4view

Related terms

• follow4follow
• join4join
• sub4sub