English Explanatory Dictionary

lazyweb

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The Internet, personified as a being that will answer the questions of those who are too lazy to do their own research.
name
  1. Alternative letter-case form of lazyweb.

Word forms

lazyweb

Etymology

From lazy + Web, coined by British designer and co-founder of Dopplr Matt Jones in 2002, and later popularized as a hashtag added to questions on Twitter, peaking around 2008.

Related words

bleg crowdsourcing given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow wisdom of the crowd
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