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dot bomb

A Internet company that went out of business or one that is failing. See dot-com.

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The Society reported, "In the annual choice of the word or phrase that was most notable or prominent in the year gone by, chad earned 43 votes, compared to just 6 for muggle, not only the Harry Potter term for a non-wizard but more broadly a mundane, unimaginative person, and just 3 for dot bomb, defined as a failed dot-com.