dot com — adj. Describes a company that runs its business on and derives its revenues from the Internet. Example Citation: You can t turn on the television, listen to the radio, or drive down the highway without being bombarded by advertisements for dot… … New words
dot-com rage — n. Extreme anger caused by the perceived commercialization of the Internet. Example Citation: But if dot com rage turns out to be a factor in last week s attacks or others, I believe it should be seen not as a Robin Hood strategy to undermine the … New words
dot bomb — n. A failed dot com company. Also: dot bomb, dot.bomb, and .bomb. Example Citations: A guy I ve known for years who recently left tobacco company R.J. Reynolds said an odd thing to me last week. He s about to roll his 401(k) assets into an IRA,… … New words
dot snot — n. A young person with an arrogant and self important manner because he or she has become rich by creating a dot com company. Example Citation: Why do I sense a technology slippage in this arena? Probably because Silicon Valley has become… … New words
sneakers-up — adj. Of or relating to the demise of a dot com company. Example Citation: The dot.com part of the picture has become clear to me only recently. While I used to find the child emperors repugnant, I now find them irrelevant. I admit, I used to feel … New words
E-commerce — Amazon B2B B2B2C B2C C2B2C C2C clicks and bricks clicks and mortar … New words
pink-slip party — n. A party where each attendee is a person who has recently lost their job, particularly because of a failed or downsized dot com company. Example Citation: Failure chic has spawned a cottage industry of failurenalia. Academics are writing books… … New words
MTBU — abbr. Maximum time to belly up; the maximum number of days, weeks, or months that a company is expected to survive. Example Citation: Investors keep track of how much money their portfolio companies have on hand, and how long they can survive… … New words
Red Herring (magazine) — Red Herring is a weekly magazine focused on the business of funding, building, and taking new technologies to market. It also sponsors a number of conferences designed to bring venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and technologists together. It is … Wikipedia
Leonard Nimoy — Infobox actor name = Leonard Nimoy imagesize = caption = Nimoy signing autographs at a Star Trek convention, c. 1980 birthdate = birth date and age|1931|03|26 birthplace = Boston, Massachusetts birthname = Leonard Simon Nimoy deathdate =… … Wikipedia
