internets

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noun

The Internet.

“I can't find this word in my print dictionary; let me go look it up on the internets.”

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

internets1

noun

alternative Internets

  1. pluralplural of internet
  2. humorousThe Internet.

    I can't find this word in my print dictionary; let me go look it up on the internets.

    3 more examples

    I hear there's rumors on the internets that we're going to have a draft.

    2004 October 8, George W. Bush

    Indeed, coming on the heels of a party leader who speaks of "the Internets" and "the Google," it's a disturbing trend that GOP leaders seem so disconnected from the technologies that are changing the way most Americans live]

    [2007, Garrett M. Graff, The First Campaign, page 281

    However, the phrasing of the internets meme is now largely outdated.

    [2012, Michele Zappavigna, Discourse of Twitter and Social Media
verb

alternative Internets

  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of internet

Internets2

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of internets.

Origin

In the humorous sense, inspired by George W. Bush who pluralized internet in a debate with John Kerry in 2004.

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Cite this entry
APA

internets. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/internets

MLA

“internets.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/internets. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “internets,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/internets.

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