Forum and Newsgroup

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Forum noun - A meeting featuring a group discussion.

Usage example: a public forum called to find out how residents felt about a large discount store being built in their neighborhood

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Newsgroup and forum are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Newsgroup" instead a noun "Forum".

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Forum and newsgroup are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Forum" instead a noun "Newsgroup".

Those who read an AD&D newsgroup or a forum for several years probably reflexively laugh from hearing or seeing the word "realistic".

Source: Reality Is Unrealistic
Usenet: This Time Round originated on the alt.drwho.creative newsgroup, which remains the primary forum for posting and discussing stories (there is also a defunct LiveJournal community).

Source: Fan Fic / This Time Round
It has also become a Catch Phrase for The Doctor Who Forum, the comment pages of The Register, the comp.sys.sinclair newsgroup, and the Usenet group alt.fan.pratchett, the latter two usually abbreviating it into "IGMC..."

Source: Catch Phrase / Live-Action TV

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Newsgroup and Forum. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/forum/newsgroup

Forum & Newsgroup. N.p., 2016. Web. 31 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/forum/newsgroup>.

Newsgroup or Forum. 2016. Accessed July 31, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/forum/newsgroup.

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