English Explanatory Dictionary

sub4sub

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. On the video-sharing service YouTube, the practice of subscribing to a person's channel in exchange for said person mutually subscribing back to one's channel, often with the goal of artificially inflating one's subscriber count.

Word forms

sub4sub

Etymology

Abbreviation of subscribe for a subscription back or a similar phrasing, otherwise analysable as sub (“a subscription”) + 4 (“abbreviation of for”) + sub (“a subscription”). Compare follow4follow.

Related words

join4join like4like view4view
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