whale

whale
 n.— «People with thousands of friends are called “whales” by Facebook employees. Only a small percentage of their user base has more than 1,000 friends.» —“Facebook wall update coming tonight” Scobleizer July 24, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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