Meanings
proper noun
- A surname.
What Cory Doctorow memorably termed the gradual “enshittification” of the internet (the degradation of services in pursuit of relentless profit-seeking) is accelerating. Let’s hope Shrimp Jesus performs a miracle soon; we need it.
2025 January 8, Arwa Mahdawi, “AI-generated ‘slop’ is slowly killing the internet, so why is nobody trying to stop it?”, in The Guardian
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APA
Doctorow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Doctorow
MLA
“Doctorow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Doctorow. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Doctorow,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Doctorow.
Source: Doctorow on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.