Noun: interweb
| Singular | interweb |
| Plural | interwebs; interwebz |
Sample Sentences
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"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:]
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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:]
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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:]
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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:]
Nouns inflected like interweb
riot grrrl,
nubcake,
grrrl,
grill,
nicca,
nigga,
nikka,
h4x0r,
kween,
wigga,
luv,
boi,
boy,
joo,
homeboi,
interweb,
laydee,
cracka,
niggah,
nigguh, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Blend of Internet + web (“World Wide Web”). The first use of this phrase is disputed.