Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A smooth-surfaced heavy paper or light cardboard used especially for making stencils, cutouts, and posters.

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  • noun Internet A small message board on a webpage, usually located in the sidebar, where visitors can leave a name and short message.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[tag (perhaps because such paper or cardboard was used to make tags) + board.]

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tag +‎ board

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Examples

  • I tried [div id = "tagboard"], [div], [div id = "tag"] and so on, yadda yadda yadda, until I FINALLY realized that I could put it directly under and PREV and NEXT links ... and it worked!

    cooltwinz Diary Entry cooltwinz 2005

  • Between the layers of apples a colored "tagboard" paper, size 17¼ by 11 or 20 by 9¾, according to the box used, is laid so as to make the layers come out right at the top.

    Apple Growing M. C. Burritt

  • I've read that the recipe book gathered some vitriolic discussion over on RA's tagboard over some missing ingredients in some recipes, well-intentioned people simply using the book for fame and glory, the usual defeatist comments that seems all too common in our country.

    Global Voices in English » Bloggers raise funds for Brunei Special Olympics Team 2009

  • So Kari brought tagboard and markers and a hole-punch and yarn to the rehearsal, and each of the bridesmaids made a sign for her back reading, "This is SOMETHING INTERESTING ..." and then a fun fact about herself or the two of us together.

    mrissa: And I didn't even get to the--oh, wait, those are for surprises. mrissa 2010

  • They put the model together as they ate, occasionally getting grease on the tagboard, gesturing with chopsticks.

    THE FORBIDDEN GAME L.J. SMITH 2010

  • She rummaged through the sheets of glossy tagboard left in the box, finally producing one printed with human outlines.

    THE FORBIDDEN GAME L.J. SMITH 2010

  • It was just a tagboard cutout, and the original was locked away under a rune of constraint that would hold, she hoped, forever.

    THE FORBIDDEN GAME L.J. SMITH 2010

  • Because Tom was lifting out sheets of thick, glossy tagboard, printed in colors so vibrant they glowed.

    THE FORBIDDEN GAME L.J. SMITH 2010

  • “Here he is,” Summer said, picking up the last sheet of stiff tagboard from the box.

    THE FORBIDDEN GAME L.J. SMITH 2010

  • Coloring the paper dolls was fun, too, the Crayola wax sliding richly onto the stiff matte tagboard.

    THE FORBIDDEN GAME L.J. SMITH 2010

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