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noun Internet, slang, humorous The Internet, typically used in a jocular or sarcastic manner by more experienced Internet users, especially as a mockery of the less experienced when used with 'teh'.
noun A connection between a network of Internets (Interplanetary)
Etymologies
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Blend of Internet and web ("World Wide Web"). The first use of this phrase is disputed.
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One of the problems with the interweb is often you at times see the ultimate layout only after the fact, especially if another site or server is populating the page with ads.
One of the problems with the interweb is often you at times see the ultimate layout only after the fact, especially if another site or server is populating the page with ads.
Seriously, men have become sulky load of Primates picking their ears disconsolately behind a jungle shrub and the interweb is populated by more than its share of embittered divorced males.
Seriously, men have become sulky load of Primates picking their ears disconsolately behind a jungle shrub and the interweb is populated by more than its share of embittered divorced males.
tendrel commented on the word interweb
It just sounds better to me "the interwebs" vs the singular, but who am I to argue with wikipedia...?
April 9, 2007
polymorph commented on the word interweb
I like internets better myself
April 9, 2007
uselessness commented on the word interweb
Those phrases are so 2006. Everybody says series of tubes now. Where have you been? ;-)
April 9, 2007