newsgroup
/ˈnuzˌɡɹup/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A repository on a computer network where people can post messages, usually about a single subject.
Example Sentences
- "“Most of it’s garbage and we’re not even bothering to translate it. There’s also a substantial amount of material downloaded from the alt.anarchy and alt.chaos.communist Internet newsgroups. Interesting reading but not exactly pertinent,” Brognola said."
- "Some of the users are 'old timers'; they have been around in the newsgroup for several years[…]"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnuzˌɡɹup/