dot-carnage
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The results of the dot-com bubble collapse, which included the closure of many Internet-based businesses, and significant financial losses for others.
Slang; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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"