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Bookternet en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbʊk.təˌnɛt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈbʊk.tɚˌnɛt/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.? Proto-Germanic *bōks Proto-West Germanic *bōk Old English bōc Middle English bok English book Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work English network English internetwork English Internet blend English Bookternet Blend of book + Internet.

Meanings

  1. The online community and subculture of book lovers.
    • To my whole Booktube, Bookternet family, ALL OF YOU: Thank you for being the best, kindest, most welcoming, most understanding, most supportive, gorgeous friends a girl could ask for. 2019, "Acknowledgements", in Christine Riccio, Again, but Better, page 376
    • Through Goodreads, I was drawn into the world of the “bookternet,” an internet subculture of book-geeks, mostly young women who may have started their reading fanaticism with Harry Potter. 2018, Rebecca Hill, “Read Another Book: Repeat When Necessary”, in Jonathan Chambers, Stephannie S. Gearhart, editors, Reversing the Cult of Speed in Higher Education: The Slow Movement in the Arts and Humanities, page 176:
    • I was inspired by all my newfound Bookternet friends—readers, writers, bloggers, booksellers, publishing world types, and fellow refugees. 2014, Maris Kreizman, “Publishing: A Story”, in Sari Botton, editor, Never Can Say Goodbye: Writers on Their Unshakable Love for New York, page 171:

Hyponyms

Booklr · BookTok · BookTube · Bookstagram