private message

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private message

noun private messages

Internet A message sent to another user of a social media or chat platform through a private channel as opposed to a publicly accessible area or chatroom. By then I was receiving dozens of private messages in the game every hour from players I had never met who could see that my guildmate and I were out front: “OMG how did you level so fast?,” “Hey you must have a lot of gold, can I have some?” and of course “You guys are huge nerds.”
Similar: PM, direct message, personal message, whisper

verb private messages · private messaging · private messaged

Internet, transitive To send a private message.
Similar: PM, direct message, personal message

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noun communication to an individual social media user

Español	mensaje privado
한국어	개인 메시지 gaein mesiji, 다이렉트 메시지 dairekteu mesiji
日本語	プライベート・メッセージ puraibēto-messēji, パーソナル・メッセージ pāsonaru-messēji, ダイレクト・メッセージ dairekuto-messēji
中文	私信 sīxìn
Português	mensagem privada
Français	message privé
Deutsch	private Nachricht
Русский	ли́чное сообще́ние líčnoje soobščénije, ЛС LS
العربية	رِسَالَة خَاصَّة risāla ḵāṣṣa

verb to send a private message

中文	私信 sīxìn

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@misc{private_message_2026,
  title = {private message},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/private%20message},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}