message board

noun

1

: a board or sign on which messages or notices are displayed

an electronic message board

2

: a public electronic forum that allows users to post or read messages or to post or download files and that is accessed by computer over a network (such as the Internet)

Even as bullpen problems loom …, they haven't spawned the typical degree of urgency and panic on Internet message boards and sports radio shows.

—Bill Simmons

Examples of message board in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There is no longer a need to create phrases that are easy to type on a mobile T9 keyboard, instead, Gen Z slang seems to be shaped by meme cycles that evolve at the speed of light and a love of the group chat over online message boards. —Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024

Cruising Updates Kind of like a community message board. —James Factora, Them, 20 Dec. 2024

Google briefly shut down an internal message board this March after employees posted comments about the company’s Nimbus contract. —Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024

Snippets of social media posts and discussions on popular message board Reddit offer a glimpse into the life of the man charged with killing the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare. —Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1795, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

message board

noun

: bulletin board sense 2