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cyberbegging

cyberbegging noun: requesting monetary donations by means of the Internet.

Noun

cyberbegging (uncountable)

  1. Requesting monetary donations by means of the Internet.
    • Cyberbegging has grown big enough for a backlash to start: Bosnak's appeal has spawned such cyber-responses as savekarynnot.com and dontsavekaryn.com.2002, Time, volume 160, page 29
    • The story covers the phenomenon of cyberbegging. Privileged folks, mostly White I believe, have been hustling up tuition or wedding expenses.2005, Adam J. Banks, Race, Rhetoric, and Technology: Searching for Higher Ground, page x
    Synonyms:
    e-begging

Synonyms of cyberbegging

Origin of cyberbegging

From cyber- + begging.

Questions about cyberbegging

What does cyberbegging mean?
Cyberbegging means requesting monetary donations by means of the Internet.
What part of speech is cyberbegging?
Cyberbegging is a noun.

Words near cyberbegging in the dictionary

  1. cyberbattles
  2. cyberbazaar
  3. cyberbazaars
  4. cyberbeggar
  5. cyberbeggars
  6. cyberbegging
  7. cyberbeing
  8. cyberbeings
  9. cyberblackmail
  10. cyberbole
  11. cyberbook

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