English
WhatsApp University
Compound of WhatsApp + university, mocking the level of knowledge of those who primarily use WhatsApp rumours as a source.
A compound of WhatsApp + university
Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn’
…
Medieval Latin universitas ‘the whole’
Old French universitei
Anglo-Norman université
Middle English universite ‘institution of higher learning’
English university
The story
Compound of WhatsApp + university, mocking the level of knowledge of those who primarily use WhatsApp rumours as a source.
Today it means
name Rumours spread through social media as a source for information, usually through WhatsApp.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / WhatsApp University