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internetty en · ADJ

Etymology

From internet + -y.

Meanings

1. (informal) Pertaining to or characteristic of the Internet.
   • Comedian Grace Helbig will have a weekly prime-time talk show called The Grace Helbig Project on E! beginning in April, the network said today. Helbig is best known for her vlog series "It's Grace" and "Daily Grace," and she'll apparently be bringing a more internetty style (and social-media focus) to the talk-show genre. 2015 January 5, Margaret Lyons, “E! Orders Grace Helbig Prime-Time Talk Show”, in Vulture, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2015:
   • But there now were also the Internet sales, which Max gathered were gathering quite a head of steam. He wondered how they managed that, living off the grid as they did, and made a mental note to ask Xanda, who looked like she would be clued into all things Internetty, as opposed to Dame Hephzibah, who did not. 2014, G. M. Malliet, A Demon Summer: A Max Tudor Novel, New York, N.Y.: Minotaur Books, →ISBN, page 100:
   • Luckily Brown's complete level of DGAF-ness, combined with a ballsy, hard-edged, yap-rap flow, wins people over by sheer force of, "Who the F is this dude?" It's what's gained him a rabid following across a dizzying run of EPs, mixtapes and free albums, leading up to a kind of bizarre but very internetty moment. 2013 October 1, Arielle Castillo, “Five Important Things About Danny Brown's 'Debut' Album, 'Old'”, in ABC News, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2013:
   • As these stories spread, accompanied by more video evidence, Buttigieg became a case study in what a friend of mine calls "internetty smarts" — intelligence reduced down to a collection of references and images. Like all internetty things, this type of intelligence plays to the viewer's vanities and prejudices. 2019 April 24, Jay Caspian Kang, “How Pete Buttigieg's Meaningless Erudition Made Him the 'Smart' Candidate”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2023:

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