Etymograph

English

Flickr

From flick (“photograph”) + -er, suggested as an alteration of flicker by co-founder Caterina Fake after the domain owner of flicker.com refused to sell it.

Formed from flick ‘photograph’ + -er

Middle English flykke ‘light blow or stroke’

English flick

The story

From flick (‘photograph’) + -er, suggested as an alteration of flicker by co-founder Caterina Fake after the domain owner of flicker.com refused to sell it.

Today it means

name An online social networking service that enables users to share photos.

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