dot-com bubble
dot-com bubble noun: a historic speculative bubble based around the Internet, covering roughly 1997–2000.
Noun
dot-com bubble (plural dot-com bubbles)
- A historic speculative bubble based around the Internet, covering roughly 1997–2000.
- The excitement about bitcoin and blockchain is sort of like the dot-com bubble—if nobody in 2000 was quite sure what the internet was for.2018 January 10, Derek Thompson, “It Is Silly Season in the Land of Cryptocurrency”, in The Atlantic
- That was part of what made the March reopening of Balthazar, a SoHo mainstay since the height of the dot-com bubble, unusual. Jay-Z and Beyoncé turned up for dinner. Nancy Pelosi came for breakfast. Patrons made out at their tables, took trips together to the bathroom.2021 July 17, Jacob Bernstein, “Keith McNally Stirs the Pot”, in The New York Times
- Synonyms:
- dot-com boom, information technology bubble, Internet bubble
Synonyms of dot-com bubble
Forms of dot-com bubble
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Questions about dot-com bubble
- What does dot-com bubble mean?
- Dot-com bubble means a historic speculative bubble based around the Internet, covering roughly 1997–2000.
- What part of speech is dot-com bubble?
- Dot-com bubble is a noun.
- What is the plural of dot-com bubble?
- The plural of dot-com bubble is dot-com bubbles.
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