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dot-carnage en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Blend of dot-com + carnage.

Meanings

  1. (slang, uncountable) The results of the dot-com bubble collapse, which included the closure of many Internet-based businesses, and significant financial losses for others.
    • Given the dot-carnage of the past few years, it's only natural that runs like those, when connected to companies associated with the Net, would leave investors pondering the dreaded B word: bubble. 2003 September 1, Yuval Rosenberg, “E-Stocks Rise Again After a stomach-turning descent, Internet stocks have come racing back--this time with profits. We've found three that can go higher.”, in Fortune:
    • The dot-carnage extends even to Internet companies still in business. 2002 December 29, John Moran, “Hot sales, sour stocks and other technology highlights of 2002”, in The Spokesman-Review:
    • Mika Salmi's atomfilms.com survived the dot-carnage and is thriving on broadband 2006, Business Week, numbers 3974-3981, page 115: