ask box

Alternative forms

• askbox

Noun

ask box (plural ask boxes)

1. (Internet) The inbox in which asks (messages) sent to a Tumblr blog are received.
   • 2019, Holly Luetkenhaus, Zoe Weinstein, Austentatious: The Evolving World of Jane Austen Fans‎, page 102:

     One post on Tumblr by user penfairy begins with an ask-box submitted question reading "I didn't know there were Austen gay otps (I'm very sheltered). Could you tell me what they are, please?" […]

   • 2020, Amanda Harlowe, Consensual Hex, unnumbered page:

     I whip out my phone. “Here, I'll message you on Tumblr right now.”
     Gabi opens her ask box. "Touch your clit?"

   • 2021, Anna, quoted in Jessica Kunert, "The Footy Girls of Tumblr: How Women Found Their Niche in the Online Football Fandom", Communication & Support, Volume 9, Issue 2, pages 255-256:

     […] “I may not like Real Madrid, but if a Madridista [a fan of Real Madrid] comes into my askbox and asks me politely for art of their fave, the chances that I’ll oblige them are pretty good.”

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ask box.