This page gathers the 2,010 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Internet” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 11 of 20: from “local area network” to “moa”.
- local area network noun A network on which all communication is delivered by way of MAC addresses and that is not routed.
- lock verb To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it.
- log spam noun Ellipsis of referrer log spam.
- login wall noun A website notification that prevents an unregistered visitor from viewing any content until signing up or opening an account.
- logo kid noun A young individual whose hobby is logotypes and other corporate branding, often seen as obsessive or immature.
- loicense noun a license for some activity, especially with the implication that the activity shouldn't have required one
- lol particle Neutralises the tone of a message; denotes that a message is light-hearted or casual.
- lolcat noun An image macro of, usually, a kitten or a cat with a humorous caption.
- LOLer noun A person who uses the expression LOL (laugh out loud).
- lollerskates intj A fanciful variation of LOL (“laughing out loud”), often associated with an ASCII GIF of a stick figure rollerskating on the word "LOL".
- lolly adj Eliciting a response of LOL; funny.
- lolmao intj LOL.
- lolsob noun A simultaneous laugh and sob; by extension, something both sad and absurd.
- lolspeak noun The speech of lolcats, consisting of spelling variations of English, imitating the speech of children and some regional accents.
- lore noun Trivia shared by a person about themselves.
- love verb Synonym of heart (verb).
- lulzers noun Fun; amusement; humor; especially schadenfreude.
- lulzfag noun A person, especially a member of Anonymous, who causes disruption or attacks a target for amusement rather than as a principle-based…
- lurk verb To read an Internet forum without posting comments or making one's presence apparent.
- lurk moar verb Used to reprimand a newcomer (often called a "newfag" in forums like 4chan) for posting something that reveals their ignorance of the…
- lurker noun A user who observes a community rather than participating; someone who reads or takes advantage of content on a website, newsgroup, etc.…
- lurkership noun The state or quality of being a lurker.
- lyrics noun A text transcription of any piece of audio, or the words in it.
- m noun Initialism of Muslim; mostly used by Hindutva netizens primarily towards Islamist supporters and Muslim militants.
- M4A phrase Of audio, a masculine or male voice using non-identifying pronouns; audio spoken by a man intended for a listener of any sex or gender.
- M4F phrase Initialism of masc for femme.
- M4M phrase Initialism of masc for masc.
- mackle verb To speak like or act like rapper Macklemore, particularly in a way perceived as naive or cringeworthy.
- macroplastic noun A conspicuous amount of plastic which is ingested into, or present inside one's body, in addition to microplastics.
- madlad noun Someone (either male or of unspecified gender) who does something particularly impressive and audacious.
- magic link noun A time-sensitive hyperlink sent by email, allowing the recipient to log in to a system without the usual authentication process.
- magnet noun Ellipsis of magnet link.
- magnet link noun A kind of uniform resource identifier based on a hash of a file's contents, typically used in peer-to-peer file sharing networks.
- maidenless adj Single; lacking a girlfriend.
- main noun A main account.
- main character noun A person who becomes a focal point of discussion on a social media platform (particularly Twitter).
- main page noun Synonym of home page.
- mainspace noun The primary namespace of a wiki, excluding secondary content such as discussion pages.
- Make-A-Wish adj Of people: treated with, or only in their position due to, undue patience or kindness; weak.
- mald adj Extremely angry, especially as a result of losing a video game.
- malding adj Angry about a game, especially of a sore loser.
- malewife noun A man in a relationship with a dominant, assertive woman (a "girlboss"), taking on a traditionally feminine gender role (especially a…
- man of culture noun One (a man or sometimes regardless of gender) whose tastes are admired by others, especially if these are unorthodox.
- man-in-the-browser noun A form of Internet security threat, a proxy Trojan horse that infects a web browser and covertly modifies web pages or transactions.
- mangler noun A manager (person in charge).
- manosphere noun The domain or totality of blogs and websites associated with the men's rights movement, passport bro's, NoFap, MGTOW, PUA, the redpill…
- many such cases phrase Used to indicate that an occurrence is unsurprising, or that something is or was evident. Often sarcastic, mocking someone for believing…
- maple MAGA noun A Canadian supporter of Donald Trump.
- marquee noun A banner on a web page displaying text that scrolls horizontally.
- mashable adj Suitable for inclusion in a mashup.
- mashup noun A Web application that combines data or functionality from more than one source.
- mass register verb To register a large number of people or items at the same time, often in an organized or automated way.
- mass report verb To organize a coordinated effort with other people to repeatedly report (content or a user) on a social media or online platform.
- massively multiplayer online game noun A computer game in which a large number of players can simultaneously interact in a persistent world.
- mastodonian noun A user of the decentralized social media platform Mastodon.
- Match Demo noun Type of Video Games Replays using In-game Recorders for visualization
- MatPat effect noun A feeling of uncanniness experienced upon seeing the original version of a piece of media (often an image, video or sound effect) that has…
- maulana noun A Muslim person in general, especially an extreme conservative.
- mayo noun A white person.
- me too verb To agree with someone.
- meat crayon noun Someone who gets injured in an extremely gory manner as a result of rubbing or impacting the ground at high speeds (comparing one's…
- meatpuppet noun One whose sole reason for participating in a discussion or forum is to support, or express agreement with, a friend.
- meet-me room noun A place within a co-location centre where telecommunications companies can physically connect to one another and exchange data without…
- megamenu noun A dropdown menu that expands into a relatively large and complex interface rather than a simple vertical list of commands.
- meganiche noun A small niche on the World Wide Web that is highly specific and appeals only to a limited demographic but may still be worthwhile and…
- mego phrase Initialism of my eyes glaze over: used to indicate the speaker's boredom or impatience with some subject or activity.
- melty noun meltdown
- meme verb To create and use humorous memes.
- meme magic noun The (supposedly supernatural) power of Internet memes to have a meaningful impact on the real world when used en masse in a targeted way.
- meme on verb To exploit or mock by means of memes.
- memelord noun A person known for creating or distributing memes (usually humorous material copied and circulated online).
- mention noun A social media feed, a list of replies or posts mentioning a person.
- meow button noun The prostate, especially as the object for anal stimulation.
- meower noun A participant in the Meow Wars who flooded newsgroups with nonsensical messages.
- message board noun A system by which users may send, read and reply to public messages; an electronic bulletin board or forum.
- meta noun An informal but widely adopted practice in a given field; a de facto standard.
- metablog noun A blog about blogs.
- metacrap noun Low-quality or unreliable metadata.
- metapost noun A posted message dealing with the topic of what and how to post on a particular Internet forum or thread.
- metasearch noun A search technology that uses the results from a number of traditional search engines.
- metaverse noun A hypothetical future (counterpart or continuation of the) Internet, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and…
- metoo phrase Deliberate misspelling of me too, used to indicate agreement.
- mia noun Bulimia nervosa.
- microblog noun A blog on which one posts brief, frequent updates on one's activities.
- microcontent noun Any small piece of content removed from its original context, such as a summary snippet in a page of search results.
- micropatronage noun An informal means of funding a project by asking a large number of people to make small individual donations.
- microsite noun A self-contained page or group of pages meant to supplement a larger website.
- micspam noun The practice of playing loud, obnoxious noise or music via an online audio connection.
- mid noun The middle of the battlefield.
- midroll noun An advertisement that interrupts an online video, playing before the video resumes.
- midwit noun A person of middling intellect; someone who is neither particularly dull nor particularly smart, especially if they act as though they are…
- milblogger noun A military service member who writes a blog.
- milkshake duck noun Someone or something, especially on social media, that is widely considered to be endearing, but is then discovered to be or have done…
- millennial cringe noun Outdated behaviors, fashion, slang, and trends popular with millennials, that younger generations, especially Gen Z, now find awkward or…
- millennial humor noun A form of humor, mainly found on the internet, characterized by absurdism, irony, self-deprecation, and nostalgia for early internet…
- millennial pause noun A brief pause by someone between starting a video recording of themselves and beginning to speak, said to be characteristic of millennials…
- minimod noun A moderator having only limited permissions.
- mirror noun A website or server that contains replicated data from another site.
- mlem noun The act or sound of extending the tongue to lick something, especially one's own nose, without opening the mouth fully.
- moa noun An extremely tall individual.