t’interweb
n.— «Two nights in La Rochelle, then two nights in Nantes. Train tickets arrived tihs morning, hotels all booked on t’Interweb.» —“Re: What is making you happy?” by Tim Emanuel Usenet: uk.misc Jan. 31, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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