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interweb en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɪntɚˌwɛb/
• /ˈɪntəˌwɛb/

Etymology

Blend of Internet + web (“World Wide Web”). The first use of this phrase is disputed.

Meanings

1. (Internet, humorous, in-plural, often) The Internet.
   • They said I was a fucking psycho / But look at me now, all up in the interweb, world wide 2010, “Enter The Ninja”, performed by Die Antwoord:
   • Basically anyone who wants to get a license for nefarious purposes, nefarious or at the very least […] unsactioned, they now get to shop around. […] With the interwebs, it's gonna be pretty easy to tell which states […] are the best shopping locations. 2007 March 26, Phil Libin, Jon Udell (interviewer), “Jon Udell's Interviews With Innovators: Phil Libin”, in IT Conversations, GigaVox Media, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2013:
   • Very little exists in the annals of the interwebs about Tostitos Hint of Lime. Many nights I’ve sucked down crusty mossed fingertips and typed away in a green-out (like a blackout, but from eating too much Tostitos Hint of Lime), searching for a like-minded fanclub, historical taxonomy, or even a press release. 2022 April 20, Mariella Rudi, “Tostitos Hint of Lime has zero lime – but it’s still the perfect chip”, in The Guardian:
   • "Web Hopper" is an interweb site that enables you to visualize your Web hopping and that of other Net users. 1997, Christian Schenck, Christine Schopf, editors, Cyberarts, →ISBN, page 70:

Forms

Synonyms

Intertubes

Translations (2)

cs internety (The Internet) · nl interweb (The Internet)