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dot-carnage

noun

Etymology

Blend of dot-com + carnage.

  1. derived from *carnaticum✻
  2. borrowed from carnage
  3. compounded as dot-carnage — “dot-com + carnage”

Definitions

  1. The results of the dot-com bubble collapse, which included the closure of many…

    The results of the dot-com bubble collapse, which included the closure of many Internet-based businesses, and significant financial losses for others.

    • The dot-carnage extends even to Internet companies still in business.
    • Given the dot-carnage of the past few years, it's only natural that runs like those, when connected to companies associated with the Net, would leave investors pondering the dreaded B word: bubble.
    • Mika Salmi's atomfilms.com survived the dot-carnage and is thriving on broadband

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dot-carnage. 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