WebTVer

English

Etymology

From WebTV +‎ -er.

Noun

WebTVer (plural WebTVers)

  1. (Internet, historical) One who uses WebTV.
    Synonym: (derogatory) webbie
    • 1997 March 1, Griffin, “WebTV makes AOL look good? - article”, in alt.aol-sucks‎[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 8 December 2025:
      And suggest to her that until WebTVer's[sic] are capable of transferring files, there is no chance of them dislodging AOL from its firm grasp of 'the bottom of the Net community totem pole'.
    • 2008, Pinku-Sensei, “Anonymous as a challenge for USENET and an award for Jonah fishing (was Re: Tom Newton and Xena Warrior Princess)”, in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet):
      This was what happened when the AOLers, WebTVers, and Google Groupers showed up during the Endless September. We don't need to go through that again! Otherwise, instead of ending up with ex-webbies who have adapted to USENET, USENET might be converted into a vast web-board/social-networking site/blog by webbies […]
    • 2023 August 10, El Kabong, “Dear Michael”, in alt.atheism‎[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 8 December 2025:
      This is worse than hordes of WebTVers posting in html. At least they posted something parsible.

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