face bookn.

Brit.

/ˈfeɪs bʊk/, U.S.

/ˈfeɪs ˌbʊk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: face n., book n.

Etymology: < face n. + book n.

U.S.

A directory containing photographs and biographical details of students (esp. incoming freshman) at a university or college, published at the start of the academic year to facilitate contact between students. Also: a similar publication produced by another type of institution or organization.A publication of this type at Harvard University inspired the choice of name for the social networking service Facebook (see Facebook v.).

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1974 Daily Princetonian 14 Feb. 3/2 The ‘face book’ (Freshman Herald) will be passed around and judgment will be made on the picture.

1984 Yale Daily News 27 Nov. 4/5 Brown freshmen are a bit frustrated... Their ‘pig book,’ a face book comparable to Yale's Old Campus, has not been completed.

1991 T. Last in L. M. Crosier Casualties of Privilege xiv. 131 She looked at his picture in the school facebook. She memorized his phone number.

1999 Weekly Standard (Nexis) 25 Jan. 16 Rogan collected a signature for every person in his congressional face-book.

2009 H. Coben Long Lost i. xviii. 168 I remember seeing his photograph in the freshman face book the first day I arrived on campus.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	face book
释义	face bookn. Brit. /ˈfeɪs bʊk/, U.S. /ˈfeɪs ˌbʊk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: face n., book n. Etymology: < face n. + book n. U.S. A directory containing photographs and biographical details of students (esp. incoming freshman) at a university or college, published at the start of the academic year to facilitate contact between students. Also: a similar publication produced by another type of institution or organization.A publication of this type at Harvard University inspired the choice of name for the social networking service Facebook (see Facebook v.). ΚΠ 1974 Daily Princetonian 14 Feb. 3/2 The ‘face book’ (Freshman Herald) will be passed around and judgment will be made on the picture. 1984 Yale Daily News 27 Nov. 4/5 Brown freshmen are a bit frustrated... Their ‘pig book,’ a face book comparable to Yale's Old Campus, has not been completed. 1991 T. Last in L. M. Crosier Casualties of Privilege xiv. 131 She looked at his picture in the school facebook. She memorized his phone number. 1999 Weekly Standard (Nexis) 25 Jan. 16 Rogan collected a signature for every person in his congressional face-book. 2009 H. Coben Long Lost i. xviii. 168 I remember seeing his photograph in the freshman face book the first day I arrived on campus. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1974
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