sharity

English

Etymology

Originally a brand name for a product, possibly a Blend of share +‎ charity +‎ rarity.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Proper noun

sharity

1. A file-hosting and storage service for users to upload and share videos, music, software, and other content for others to use.
   • 2001, Mike McCune, Integrating Linux and Windows, →ISBN, page 146:

     A way around the lock-up problem of smbfs is to use sharity.

   • 2011, Simon Reynolds, Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to its Own Past, →ISBN:

     But with the advent of sharity that's shifted to: 'I've just got hold of something no one else has got, so I'm immediately going to make it available to EVERYBODY.'

   • 2015, Allan J. Kimmel, People and Products: Consumer Behavior and Product Design, →ISBN:

     According to Eric Lumbleau, creator of the music blog Mutant Sounds, the motivation behind sharity is a form of "self-aggrandizing altruism...blog authors anointing themselves as gurus and presiding over their own little kingdom of cool."