INTERNET
ADJECTIVES
► CYBERIAN enthusiastically involved with the internet or virtual reality internet → 1993
► CYBERPHOBIC reluctant to use the internet → 1981
NOUNS
► CYBER AFFAIR a romantic affair in which all contact takes place via the internet → 1994
► CYBERCAFE an establishment, orig. and esp. one serving food and drink, with multiple computer terminals providing access to the internet, usually for a fee → 1994
► CYBERCAST a text-based electronic bulletin of information, news, etc., published over the internet; later, a live broadcast of an event, etc. on the internet, typically in real time → 1992
► CYBERCRIME a crime committed using the internet or computers → 1991
► CYBERCULTURE the culture surrounding computers and the internet → 1963
► CYBERPHOBIA fear of or anxiety about the internet → 1981
► CYBERSHOP a facility, esp. a website, which allows a person to browse through or purchase goods, services, etc. over the internet → 1994
► CYBERSLACKING the habitual use of a company internet connection for personal or recreational reasons during working hours → 1996
► CYBERSPEAK jargon relating to the internet computers → 1991
► CYBERSQUATTING the practice of registering as an internet domain name a well-known company, brand, or personal name, or a name likely to be confused with one, in the hope of later selling it at a profit to the holder of the name → 1996
► DIGERATI the people who earn large amounts of money through internet-related business → 1992
► DOT-BOMB an internet company which has become bankrupt or ceased to operate; a failed or unsuccessful dotcom → 1999 colloq.
► EGO-SURFING surfing the Internet in search of one’s own name → 2000s sl.
► EVIL TWIN an illegal duplicate of an internet sign-in page into which people enter passwords and credit card numbers, thinking they are signing up for the real thing → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FLAMAGE incendiary rhetoric used in an Internet discussion group → 1983 US sl.
► FLAME an insulting or aggressive Internet discussion group posting → 1983 US sl.
► FLAMEBAIT a message posted in an Internet discussion group for the express purpose of soliciting insulting messages → 1995 US sl.
► FLAMEFEST a protracted exchange of insulting and inflammatory messages on an Internet discussion group → 1995 US sl.
► FLAME WAR a virulent exchange of insulting messages in an Internet discussion group → 1995 US sl.
► FLAMING using ‘bulletin boards’ and other communications links to circulate obscene messages, pictures, etc. → 1980s sl.
► FLASH MOB a group of people coordinated by email and social media to meet to perform some predetermined action at a particular place and time and then disperse quickly → 2003
► INFOBAHN the Internet, the information superhighway → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► NERDVANA the world of computer enthusiasts who surf the Internet every night → 1995 Can. sl.
► SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO the amount of useful content found on an Internet site → 1997 US sl.
► TROLL a message posted on an Internet discussion group with the hope of attracting a vitriolic response → 1997 US sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BANDWIDTH HUGGER a person who fights spam; so called because he or she won’t yield any bandwidth to junk email → 2006 Amer. Internet sl. (Bk.)
► BARNEY a temporary, opportunistic Internet user; people who are online only for the length of a free access offer from AOL or MSN → 2006 Amer. Internet sl. (Bk.)
► BEBOER a user of the social-networking website Bebo.com, launched in 2006, describing itself as ‘a company that dreams up ideas for fun social apps’ → 21C
► CYBER-BULLY a person who engages in cyber-bullying → 1995
► CYBERCRIMINAL a person who commits crime using computers or the internet → 1993
► CYBERCROOK a person who commits crime using computers or the internet → 1992
► CYBERIAN an enthusiastic user of computer technology, esp. the internet → 1991
► CYBERLIBERTARIAN a person who opposes government regulation of the internet → 1994
► CYBERNAUT an habitual or expert user of the internet → 1973
► CYBERPHOBE a reluctant user of the internet → 1981
► CYBERSHOPPER a person who browses through or purchases goods, services, etc. over the internet → 1994
► CYBERSLACKER 1. a person involved in the internet or computer technology, who is perceived to be a slacker → 1993
2. a person who habitually uses a company internet connection for personal or recreational reasons during working hours → 1999
► CYBERSQUATTER 1. a person who registers a well-known company, brand, or personal name as an internet domain name, in the hope of later selling it at a profit to the holder of the name → 1996
2. a person who joins an internet discussion group to post messages which are antagonistic to other members → 1995
► CYBERSURFER a person who uses or browses the internet → 1993
► CYBRARIAN a person who is practised at finding information on the internet on behalf of others, or who compiles or administers a library of reference material online → 1991
► DOXER ► DOXXER a person who searches for and publishes private or identifying information about a person on the internet, typically with malicious intent → 2010 colloq.
► FLAMER a person who writes excited and angry notes on a computer forum or news group → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GATE CRASHERS Internet users who barge into a conversation with a bogus message → 2006 Amer. Internet sl. (Bk.)
► INTERNUT a person devoted to or addicted to using the internet → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► LAMER an uninformed internet user who passes himself off as an expert → 1997 sl.
► MOUSE POTATO a person who spends large amounts of leisure time surfing the Internet → 1994
► PAIN IN THE NET a person who posts inflammatory attacks on Internet discussion groups → 1991 US sl.
► SILVER SURFER an elderly or retired person who uses the internet → 1997 colloq.
► SNIPER a person who posts inflammatory attacks on the Internet → 2001 US sl.
► YOUTUBER a frequent user of the video-sharing website YouTube, esp. someone who produces and appears in videos on the site → 2006
VERBS
► CRAWL to surf the internet → 1994
► CYBERCAST to publish a text-based electronic bulletin over the internet; later, to broadcast an event, etc. on the internet, typically in real time → 1992
► CYBERSHOP to browse through or purchase goods, services, etc. over the internet → 1993
► CYBERSQUAT to register as an internet domain name for the purposes of cybersquatting → 1999
► CYBERSURF to use or browse the internet or another computer network → 1993
► DOX to search for and publish private or identifying information about a person on the internet, typically with malicious intent → 2009 colloq.
► FLAME to post insulting personal attacks on others posting messages on an Internet bulletin board or in an Internet discussion group, or to send an insulting personal attack by e-mail → 1981 US sl.
► GANK in Internet game-playing: to ‘kill’ a player, esp. unfairly → 2003 UK sl.
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