cyberbegging
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]cyberbegging (uncountable)
- Requesting monetary donations by means of the Internet.
- Synonym: e-begging
- 2002, Time, volume 160, page 29:
- Cyberbegging has grown big enough for a backlash to start: Bosnak's appeal has spawned such cyber-responses as savekarynnot.com and dontsavekaryn.com.
- 2005, Adam J. Banks, Race, Rhetoric, and Technology: Searching for Higher Ground, page x:
- The story covers the phenomenon of cyberbegging. Privileged folks, mostly White I believe, have been hustling up tuition or wedding expenses.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Internet begging on Wikipedia.Wikipedia