{"id":21223,"date":"2025-03-18T17:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T12:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialbu.com\/blog\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=21223"},"modified":"2025-03-21T21:41:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T16:41:18","slug":"put-on-blast","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/socialbu.com\/blog\/glossary\/put-on-blast","title":{"rendered":"What Does &#8220;Put on Blast&#8221; Mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Putting someone on blast means publicly sharing their personal negative information to embarrass them. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What Does &#8220;Put on Blast&#8221; Mean?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When someone says they are going to put someone on blast, it means they are going to expose something negative about them to a wide audience, typically through <a href=\"https:\/\/socialbu.com\/blog\/social-media-content-creation\">social media<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a form of publicly calling someone out to hold them accountable or to seek justice. 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