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发信人: yangs (Fight Deadlines), 信区: English
标 题: Slang of the day
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2001年12月15日10:32:28 星期六), 站内信件
dot-bomb
Definition: An Internet company that has failed.
Example: 1) A lot of my friends worked at dot-bombs, and now they're lookin
g for new jobs. 2) The tech sector is still suffering from dot-bomb blues.
Etymology: 'Dot-bomb' is a play on 'dot-com', a general name for Internet c
ompanies. The 'dot' refers to the typical Internet URL or address -- for exa
mple, xyz.com. When something 'bombs', it fails in a spectacular way.
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