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Internetese noun. A style of writing prevalent in Web sites, e-mail messages, and online chat rooms.

Example Citation:
"You will not encounter such niceties as good grammar, spelling or literary style. Knowles' site is written in Internetese, a sort of stream-of-consciousness ranting in which emphasis is provided by writing in all-capitals, and where one exclamation point is never enough."
—Doug Saunders, "The trouble with Harry," The Globe and Mail

Related Words:
Christianese
crosswordese
cyberscriber
greengrocers' apostrophe
menckenese
Netspeak
Weblish

Subject Categories:
Computers - Internet
Culture - Writing

Posted on June 26, 1998 at 12:05 PM


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