Etymology

lazyweb

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Today it means: The Internet, personified as a being that will answer the questions of those who are too lazy to do their own research. Full definition →

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The story

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.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.