netlore

noun

netlore

noun

Etymology From net + lore.

1

A kind of folklore comprising humorous texts, folk poetry, folk art, and urban legends that are circulated over the Internet.

  • Photographic urban legends, digitally altered photographs, circulate among friends via e-mail and turn up on netlore sites, just as jokes and contemporary legends do, as well as on websites run by pranksters and propagandists […]2012, Gail de Vos, What Happens Next? Contemporary Urban Legends and Popular Culture:
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