netlore

English

Etymology

net + lore

Noun

netlore (uncountable)

  1. A kind of folklore comprising humorous texts, folk poetry, folk art, and urban legends that are circulated over the Internet.
    • 2012, Gail de Vos, What Happens Next? Contemporary Urban Legends and Popular Culture:
      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 []

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