tinterweb

n. the (web-based) Internet. Subjects: English, United Kingdom, Online, Slang

Editorial Note: Although this term began in, and is still most common in, the United Kingdom, where such contractions are more plausible and familiar, it has spread to other parts of the Anglosphere. Etymological Note: A contraction of the interweb, the latter word which is a blend of Internet and World-Wide Web and was originally used to mock newcomers to the medium, especially those who wrongly believe the the Web constitutes the entirety of the Internet.

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Citations: 2002 [Tim Emanuel] Usenet: uk.misc (Jan. 31) “Re: What is making you happy?”: Two nights in La Rochelle, then two nights in Nantes. Train tickets arrived tihs morning, hotels all booked on t’Interweb. 2003 [huxley] @ United Kingdom Usenet: free.uk.talk.leicester (June 16) “Quiz”: Yes, it’s purile and childish but isn’t that what ’tinterweb was invented for!? 2004 [emotionalfrenzy] Nocturnal Eccentric (Bournemouth, United Kingdom) (June 27): Which unfortunately for you, means I won’t be on the tinterweb no more. 2005 [xxdalestarxx (Sarah Daley)] Shit Happens…Deal With It (Manchester, United Kingdom) (Jan. 11) “these bloody storms”: So am gunna go ome n look at more houses on tinterweb for next year. 2006 Russell Davies (Nov. 7) “how to be interesting”: The marvelous thing about tinterweb is that it’s got great tools for being interested and great tools for sharing.

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