Arachnerd
//əˈɹækˌnɜːd// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who spends a lot of time on the World Wide Web. Internet, dated, rare
"Why do I find these Internet neologisms so interesting? Guess it’s because I’m a bona-fide arachnerd, a person that spends way too much time either surfing the Web or fussing with their home page."
Example
More examples"Why do I find these Internet neologisms so interesting? Guess it’s because I’m a bona-fide arachnerd, a person that spends way too much time either surfing the Web or fussing with their home page."
Etymology
Blend of arachnid + nerd, as a play on web and Web. Included on lists of Internet slang as early as 1996.
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