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Usenetisms

Usenetisms is the plural of Usenetism.

Meaning of Usenetism

Noun

Usenetism (plural Usenetisms)

  1. (Internet, uncommon) A term that is peculiar to Usenet.
    • I sense the birth of a new expression: "JJ"
      As in "He's a real JJ!" for referring to people that clog up the net.
      Or, "Don't be such a JJ!" I.e., a JJ is a net *sshole1988 June 24, Robert DeBenedictis, “Yet Another USENETism”, in misc.misc (Usenet)

Questions about Usenetisms

What is Usenetisms the plural of?
Usenetisms is the plural of Usenetism.

Words near Usenetisms in the dictionary

  1. Usenetese
  2. Usenetian
  3. Usenetians
  4. Usenetiquette
  5. Usenetism
  6. Usenetisms
  7. Usenetite
  8. Usenetites
  9. Usenetizen
  10. Usenetizens
  11. Usenetspeak

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Usenetisms (page history and authors); Usenetism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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