dot-carnage

English

Etymology

Blend of dot-com +‎ carnage.

Pronunciation

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Noun

dot-carnage (uncountable)

1. (slang) The results of the dot-com bubble collapse, which included the closure of many Internet-based businesses, and significant financial losses for others.
   • 2002 December 29, John Moran, “Hot sales, sour stocks and other technology highlights of 2002”, in The Spokesman-Review:

     The dot-carnage extends even to Internet companies still in business.

   • 2003 September 1, Yuval Rosenberg, “E-Stocks Rise Again After a stomach-turning descent, Internet stocks have come racing back--this time with profits. We've found three that can go higher.”, in Fortune:

     Given the dot-carnage of the past few years, it's only natural that runs like those, when connected to companies associated with the Net, would leave investors pondering the dreaded B word: bubble.

   • 2006, Business Week, numbers 3974-3981, page 115:

     Mika Salmi's atomfilms.com survived the dot-carnage and is thriving on broadband

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:dot-carnage.