The OED

@OED · joined 24 Mar 2010

The Oxford English Dictionary is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and usage of over 500,000 words and phrases across the English-speaking world.

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The OED@OED9 Sep

OED #WordOfTheDay: checkstop, n. A mechanism, facility, device, etc., designed to limit movement or act as a fail-safe in a machine or mechanical system. View the entry: https://t.co/HZUxg4rDBd https://t.co/HUEtmmoqn4

$The OED definition of \u2018checkstop\u2019,\u00A0today\u2019s word of the day.\n$

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The OED@OED8 Sep

How would we describe Tolkien’s handwriting? Why did we get a Snoopy letter? Fiona and Craig are joined by the OED’s archivist Beverley McCulloch to discuss the preservation of our historical record. Listen to #Lexipoddery here: https://t.co/GOuUdxXOoi https://t.co/9eCpY227

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The OED@OED8 Sep

OED #WordOfTheDay: pansori, n. A traditional Korean narrative musical work performed by a single singer, accompanied by a drummer. View the entry: https://t.co/48vO4aT0M2 https://t.co/BVjUV5Niou

$The OED definition of \u2018pansori\u2019,\u00A0today\u2019s word of the day.\n$

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The OED@OED7 Sep

@OED It sounds like a euphemism https://t.co/7HzaX614Hk

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The OED@OED7 Sep

OED #WordOfTheDay: butter flap, n. In Guyanese cookery: a soft, slightly sweet, buttery white bread that is folded before baking. View the entry: https://t.co/8pzkCiN6I0 https://t.co/oD9HvsulD3

$The OED definition of \u2018butter flap\u2019,\u00A0today\u2019s word of the day.\n$

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The OED@OED6 Sep

OED #WordOfTheDay: softball question, n. Originally and chiefly North American. A question that is easy to answer; an unchallenging question. View the entry: https://t.co/0MVKx8utdJ https://t.co/WOVqgjNgZO

$The OED definition of \u2018softball question\u2019,\u00A0today\u2019s word of the day.\u00A0\n$

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Em comparação com contas do mesmo porte

6 posts dos últimos 90 dias, ao lado da faixa de 100K–1M seguidores. alcance comum para o seu porte, reação mais forte que a maioria.

Mediana de visualizações3 010esta conta4 022mediana para 100K–1M

Alcance, %1.59%esta conta1.56%mediana para 100K–1M

Engajamento, %1.99%esta conta1.33%mediana para 100K–1M

Métrica	Esta conta	Mediana para 100K–1M	Proporção
Mediana de visualizações por post	3 010	4 022	0.75×
Alcance (visualizações ÷ seguidores)	1.59%	1.56%	1.02×
Taxa de engajamento	1.99%	1.33%	1.49×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

4.8K6 Sep

4K7 Sep

3.5K8 Sep

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1.4K9 Sep

Last 6 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

2.39%6 Sep

2.07%7 Sep

0.00%

2.18%8 Sep

0.91%

1.91%9 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.33%.

What the audience does

Likes70.5%241 in total

Reposts22.2%76 in total

Replies0.9%3 in total

Quotes0.9%3 in total

Bookmarks5.6%19 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.