cyberhole

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noun

Internet oblivion.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nouncyberhole (plural cyberholes)

plural cyberholes

  1. Internet oblivion.

    Consequently, their long-awaited decision letters were waiting unnecessarily in vacant cyberholes somewhere.

    2004, Daniel C. Feldman, “The Devil is in the Details: Converting Good Research into Publishable Articles”, in Journal of Management, volume 16, number 1, →DOI
    2 more examples

    But Tower did better than HBO, the Boston Business Journal, and some others, where the test messages apparently fell into a cyberhole.

    2001 February 11, “Deep Visions”, in Boston Globe

    Although many of you seem to believe your messages drop into a black cyberhole, I do read every one, and often find it surprising to see which columns stir up emotion and which seem to sink with barely a murmur.

    2009 December 19, Alina Tugend, “Shortcuts: Readers Weigh In With Tips on Jobs and Money”, in The New York Times

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)
  2. Englishcyberneticclip.
  3. Englishcyber-
  4. Proto-Germanic*hulaz
  5. Proto-Germanic*hulą
  6. Proto-West Germanic*hol
  7. Old Englishhol
  8. Middle Englishhole
  9. Englishhole
  10. Englishcyberhole

From cyber- + hole.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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