英和和英

名詞

group chat (複数形 group chats)

1. (Internet) A simultaneous online chat between a group of people by means of a messaging application.
   • 2022 April 5, Elizabeth Wetmore, “How Far Will Parents Go to Protect Their Sons?”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     “The Lifeguards” is a polyphonic story, told in the voices of three mothers, with chapters handed over to their teenage sons, a recently widowed detective and the Barton Hills Mamas, an Austin, Texas, group chat consisting of members I thought of as that brood of vipers.

   • 2023 March 6, Alexis Jones, Megan Schaltegger, “These Tinder Conversation Starters Actually Work, According To Dating Experts”, in Women's Health‎^[2]:

     Unanswered messages—whether it's a text convo with your crush, a group chat that none of your friends responds to, or a hopeful conversation starter on Tinder—are just one more way living in this digital age can make you feel all-caps crappy.

   • 2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times‎^[3]:

     But just as the big three TV networks amassed a giant audience in the 20th century, then lost it to cable and the internet, the appeal of bringing the entire world into one big group chat might be over. This is the way a phenomenon ends — not with a sharknado but a whimper.