Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

interweb

/ˈɪntəˌwɛb/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables: in-ter-web
IPA: /ˈɪntəˌwɛb/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Humorous

Example Sentences

""Web Hopper" is an interweb site that enables you to visualize your Web hopping and that of other Net users."
"Basically anyone who wants to get a license for nefarious purposes, nefarious or at the very least […] unsactioned, they now get to shop around. […] With the interwebs, it's gonna be pretty easy to tell which states […] are the best shopping locations."
"They said I was a fucking psycho / But look at me now, all up in the interweb, world wide"
"Very little exists in the annals of the interwebs about Tostitos Hint of Lime. Many nights I’ve sucked down crusty mossed fingertips and typed away in a green-out (like a blackout, but from eating too much Tostitos Hint of Lime), searching for a like-minded fanclub, historical taxonomy, or even a press release."

Etymology

Blend of Internet + web (“World Wide Web”). The first use of this phrase is disputed.

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

interwebs (plural) interwebz (plural) intarweb (alternative)

Synonyms

Intertubes

Questions

How do you pronounce interweb?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɪntəˌwɛb/.
What does interweb mean?: The Internet.
Where does interweb come from?: Blend of Internet + web (“World Wide Web”). The first use of this phrase is disputed.

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