longreadEtymologyFrom long + read, perhaps from its use as a hashtag to describe such articles starting in 2009.longread means A piece of (online) long-form journalism. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.nounA piece of (online) long-form journalism.“Do longreads and long-form—those two words that developed from a hash tag—equal essay? In a way, it is instead the definition of the essay that has expanded to include the abovementioned form.”