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cybertrash

noun

Etymology

From cyber- + trash.

  1. derived from *dóru✻ — “tree”
  2. derived from *þrakjaz✻ — “dirt”
  3. inherited from trasch
  4. prefixed as cybertrash — “cyber + trash”

Definitions

  1. trash on the Internet or in cyberspace

    • Even Miss Dorcas here possesses information quite detrimental to my endeavors, and though you, Leland Dillard, are responsible for her sifting through cybertrash, that responsibility isn't enough[…]
    • Cybertrash in the form of SPAM^([sic]) (unsolicited email advertisements), fraudulent get-rich-quick schemes, pornography, and other Internet "pollution" continues to trouble legislators.
    • A zine can't help your practice if it ends up in the cybertrash unopened.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cybertrash. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA