ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Netlore

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Netlore is a noun meaning A kind of folklore comprising humorous texts, folk poetry, folk art, and urban legends that are circulated over the Internet.

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

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 […]

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include netnews, cybermyth, netslang, news, linklog, netroots.

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