Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dot-com bubble

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables: dot--com bub-ble
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A historic speculative bubble based around the Internet, covering roughly 1997–2000.

Example Sentences

"The excitement about bitcoin and blockchain is sort of like the dot-com bubble—if nobody in 2000 was quite sure what the internet was for."
"That was part of what made the March reopening of Balthazar, a SoHo mainstay since the height of the dot-com bubble, unusual. Jay-Z and Beyoncé turned up for dinner. Nancy Pelosi came for breakfast. Patrons made out at their tables, took trips together to the bathroom."

Inflected Forms

dot-com bubbles (plural)

Synonyms

dot-com boom information technology bubble Internet bubble

Questions

What does dot-com bubble mean?: A historic speculative bubble based around the Internet, covering roughly 1997–2000.

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