John Mastodon

English

Etymology

For the proper noun, referring to his creation of the website Mastodon. For the phrase, popularised in 2022 by Twitter users who condemned Elon Musk's purchase of the website.

Proper noun

John Mastodon

  1. (Internet slang, humorous) Nickname for Eugen Rochko (born 1993), German software developer.

Phrase

John Mastodon

  1. (Internet slang, humorous, euphemistic) Join Mastodon; a call for Twitter users to migrate to Mastodon.

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