HuffPoster

English

Etymology

From HuffPost +‎ -er.

Noun

HuffPoster (plural HuffPosters)

A writer at HuffPost; a HuffPost employee.
- 2009 February 4, Emily Leaman, quoting Jason Linkins, “The Blogger Beat: Eat the Press”, in Washingtonian‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 November 2020:
  You’ll probably find us HuffPosters drinking together at Townhouse Tavern or at the Fox and Hounds when the weather gets nicer.
- 2014, Arianna Huffington, Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Happier Life, WH Allen, →ISBN, page 54:
  And I have implored HuffPosters—without much success, I must admit—to eat lunch away from their desks.
- 2014 March 22, Janice Turner, “Don’t mess with Arianna Huffington”, in The Times‎^[2], archived from the original on 14 November 2021:
  Before she arrives I am shown around The Huffington Post’s offices on lower Broadway, New York. Besides the usual hipster internet start-up perks of free healthy snacks and a ping-pong table, there are two nap rooms you can book for 30-minute sessions. The idea is to restore energy and creativity, although it also eliminates a major reason HuffPosters might need to go home.
- 2015 April 10, The Nose, “It’s a red alert! Communist flag flies over state Capitol”, in The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash., page A7:
  Granted, the HuffPosters took some creative license (and later corrected their error).
- 2019 July 23, Maxwell Strachan, “The Fall Of Mic Was A Warning”, in HuffPost‎^[3], archived from the original on 17 October 2021:
  Two recently laid-off journalists, ex-HuffPoster Laura Bassett and ex-BuzzFeeder John Stanton, even launched an advocacy group to bring attention to the “existential threat” the tech giants present to the industry.
- 2020, Ben Widdicombe, Gatecrasher: How I Helped the Rich Become Famous and Ruin the World, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 230:
  The HuffPosters were very cute and mostly smart but painfully preadult. They certainly hadn’t learned which fashion trends to ignore.