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Internets

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  • Used By: Liberals, Meme users
 

'Internets' is a phrase used by those that consider themselves to be hip to refer to the Internet. A joke states that the internet was invented by Al Gore, pluralized by George W. Bush. "Internets" was originally uttered by then-candidate Bush while campaigning. It gained meme status when he used it again in 2004.

Common usage

The phrase "internets" is often used to make fun of Bush, the internet hip to refer to a popular meme, and people making fun of others with little technological grasp. It also has the usage however of a sort of "thumbs up" type of comment, where people claim they award others with some internets, to the point where there's an internetometer to keep track of all of them.

Example Sentences

  • There are rumors on the internets
  • I will search the internets to see if I can find the number for Papa John's
  • Grampa's gonna get on the internets one of these days
  • Internets, eh?
  • Sir, I award you seventeen Internets.
  • +12 internets.
  • You, good sir, win the Internets.




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The internet in 1995 - not Before the Internet, but close!
1990s promo program for internet technology
In 1995 an interviewer realized that the internet was not just a "pie in the sky thing"...
Even in 1994 the internet was a great fathers day tool!
And people were still wondering what impact the internet would have... in 1994
Today Show segment "What is the Internet?" - 1994
Parody of the internet as it was in 1994
CBC segment on the internet, 1993
A 1969 conception of an idea eerily similar to our actual internet
1993 news segment on the internet revolution
A montage of internet clips in the 1990s
A VHS tape recording a guy using the internet (IRC and the Web, including Geocities) in 1998

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