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dot-coma

dot-coma noun: the collapse of a dot-com or of the dot-com bubble.

Noun

dot-coma (plural dot-comas)

  1. (slang) The collapse of a dot-com or of the dot-com bubble.
    • The lackluster debuts were part of an overall dot-coma that hit the Internet sector in trading yesterday. Amazon.com, RealNetworks, Go2Net, InfoSpace.com and many other of the area's Internet stocks each dropped a few dollars by the close of trading.1999 July 31, Helen Jung, “Two Strikes For Net Ipos -- Tech Investors Can't Count On A Home Run”, in The Seattle Times
    • Clearly, eSpeed's connection to Cantor is a unique insurance policy, assuring it won't end up in a dot-coma.2001, Business Week, numbers 3744-3750, page 360

Forms of dot-coma

pluraldot-comas

Origin of dot-coma

Blend of dot-com + coma.

Questions about dot-coma

What does dot-coma mean?
Dot-coma means the collapse of a dot-com or of the dot-com bubble.
What part of speech is dot-coma?
Dot-coma is a noun.
What is the plural of dot-coma?
The plural of dot-coma is dot-comas.

Words near dot-coma in the dictionary

  1. dot-com
  2. dot-com boom
  3. dot-com booms
  4. dot-com bubble
  5. dot-com bubbles
  6. dot-coma
  7. dot-comas
  8. dot-comer
  9. dot-comers
  10. dot-commed
  11. dot-commer

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