Meanings
nouncancelbomb (plural cancelbombs)
plural cancelbombs
- InternetAn act of cancelbombing.
Moderated NGs are just as prone to being destroyed as unmoderated ones - the news.* cancelbomb of yesterday took out much of news.answers, news.newgroups.announce, news.admin.net-abuse.policy etc.
1997 February 19, Chris Lewis, “Re: E-Revolution: Oppose Internet Monopoly!”, in tor.general (Usenet)
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cancelbomb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cancelbomb
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“cancelbomb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cancelbomb. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cancelbomb,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cancelbomb.
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