interwebs
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- noun
- /ˈɪntərˌwɛbz/
- Slang
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interwebs
- You can discover all sorts of interesting facts on the interwebs if you look in the right places.
Matchy is always a bit hard via the interweb so I ordered three.
- Matchy is always a bit hard via the interweb so I ordered three.
- I looked onto my phone, which has the interwebs on it right.
- So have a great month and I will see you somewhere in the interwebs.
- So I was playing games of makeup on the worldwide interwebs.
- Hope you have a great month and I'll see some of you here in the interwebs.
- When you think about people who lie, you know, there's a lot of talk on the interwebs about, like, I was dating a narcissist, right?
- So I went online to buy stuff and I found that you can get a double XL and a lot of stuff on the interwebs.
Examples
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Edward, where can people find you on the interwebs, on social to say hello?
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I found a hilarious meme while browsing the interwebs yesterday.
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I looked onto my phone, which has the interwebs on it right.
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So I since I have met you through the interwebs, I have referred to you as my financial father.
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And look, I'll look on the old interwebs, you know.
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Hopefully I'll see you somewhere in the interwebs and have a great month.
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I'll mostly be posting daily links from around the Interwebs.
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There's a silly little Android game making some noise on the Interwebs.
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You can go on the interwebs and start searching around and at least with certain thinkers, you're going to find quite a bit with Nietzsche.
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If you hang around the Interwebs looking for information on photography or filmmaking, you'll run into several of the "standard characters" that used to hang around at the local camera club.
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Synonyms
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The system of linked pages and information on the internet
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A worldwide network that connects computers so people and businesses can share information
An informal joking name for the internet
A joking word for the internet that people use to make fun of those who do not know computers
Surface Forms
Morphology
interwebs = interweb (semi-transparent) = inter + web + s
The term 'interwebs' humorously combines 'internet' and 'web', but the plural form 's' adds a playful tone.
Etymology
Interwebs is a playful, joking name for the internet that joins inter- meaning 'between' and web meaning 'a network like a spider's web'. So, imagining many connected webs helps you remember it is an informal, funny way to say the internet.