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cyberbegging en · NOUN

Etymology

From cyber- + begging.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Requesting monetary donations by means of the Internet.
    • The story covers the phenomenon of cyberbegging. Privileged folks, mostly White I believe, have been hustling up tuition or wedding expenses. 2005, Adam J. Banks, Race, Rhetoric, and Technology: Searching for Higher Ground, page x:
    • Cyberbegging has grown big enough for a backlash to start: Bosnak's appeal has spawned such cyber-responses as savekarynnot.com and dontsavekaryn.com. 2002, Time, volume 160, page 29:

Relateds

cyberbeggar

Synonyms

e-begging