internets

• Internets

In the humorous sense, inspired by George W. Bush who pluralized internet in a debate with John Kerry in 2004.[1]

internets

1. plural of internet
2. (humorous, with the) The Internet.

   I can't find this word in my print dictionary; let me go look it up on the internets.

   • 2004 October 8, George W. Bush[1]:

     I hear there's rumors on the internets that we're going to have a draft.

   • [2007, Garrett M. Graff, The First Campaign, page 281

     Indeed, coming on the heels of a party leader who speaks of "the Internets" and "the Google," it's a disturbing trend that GOP leaders seem so disconnected from the technologies that are changing the way most Americans live]

   • [2012, Michele Zappavigna, Discourse of Twitter and Social Media‎:

     However, the phrasing of the internets meme is now largely outdated.]

• interweb, interwebs, interwebz

internets

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of internet

• Rinne test

internets

1. indefinite genitive singular of internet

internets

1. indefinite genitive singular of internet