Social media in French: Terms and expressions

Social media has a vocabulary all its own, with new English terms constantly appearing. French sometimes borrows or adapts these terms and sometimes creates its own neologisms. Here’s a quiz to test your knowledge and help you communicate with your Francophone colleagues and friends. In the questions below, choose the French equivalent for each English term. But watch out: in some cases, both terms are correct!

1. app store
2. to browse channels
3. community of interest
4. to creep
5. friend request
6. micropost
7. nickname
8. private message
9. to pin (on Pinterest)
10. social bookmarking