Lazyweb
name, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 The Internet, personified as a being that will answer the questions of those who are too lazy to do their own research. Internet, humorous, informal
"Victor proves the first rule of the lazy-web ("if you wait long enough, someone will write/build/design what you were thinking about")[…]"
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of lazyweb. alt-of
"Some might want a little widget for their weblog that does something cool. Talk about it online for a bit—through the magical power of the LazyWeb—and they may well get it."
Example
More examples"Victor proves the first rule of the lazy-web ("if you wait long enough, someone will write/build/design what you were thinking about")[…]"
Etymology
From lazy + Web, coined by British designer and co-founder of Dopplr Matt Jones in 2002, and later popularized as a hashtag added to questions on Twitter, peaking around 2008.
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