nooksurfer

nooksurfer
n.
A person who frequents only a limited number of Internet sites.
Example Citation:
Nooksurfer. (n.)
Someone who only occasionally dives into the Web. It also means someone who visits perhaps one or two newsgroups.
—"Jargon 2.0," Spokesman Review, June 11, 2007
Earliest Citation:
Nooksurfer: Someone who frequents only one or two newsgroups, BBS topics, or logs on just to answer e-mail, never daring to venture out into the big waters of the Net.
—Gareth Branwyn, "Jargon Watch," Wired, February 1, 1995
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