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The orange-red Reddit inbox icon — and, by extension, getting a reply.
Definitions
Reddit's inbox notification — the little envelope that lights up orange-red when someone replies to you or sends a message. Getting 'an orangered' means someone, somewhere, has answered your comment and your dopamine is incoming.
Half of Reddit's old April Fools' faction war: Team Orangered vs Team Periwinkle (2014's 'The Button' and the earlier 2013 split). Picking orangered tied your username badge to the colour of the inbox.
orangered In A Sentence
Origin & Usage
Named after the hex colour Reddit used (#FF4500) for the unread inbox icon. Became a noun via heavy use in the early 2010s and was cemented by the 2013–2014 orangered vs periwinkle April Fools events.
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