# internets

Pronunciation: US say "IN-tur-nets" /ˈɪn(t)ɚˌnɛts/; UK say "IN-tuh-nets" /ˈɪntəˌnɛts/

## Noun

1. Plural of internet. — plural of internet
   - Simple: Plural of internet. Use this form when talking about more than one network.
   - _Large corporations sometimes build private internets that never touch the public network._
   - _The two research teams compared their experimental internets side by side._
2. A humorous name for the Internet, used as though it were more than one thing.
   - Simple: A joking way to say the Internet.
   - _She found the recipe somewhere on the internets and never wrote down the source._
   - _Whenever the office Wi-Fi dies, he jokes that the internets are broken again._

## Verb

3. Third-person singular simple present of internet. — third-person singular simple present indicative of internet
   - Simple: The form of internet used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.
   - _She internets late into the night whenever a deadline looms._
   - _Whenever he gets bored, he just internets aimlessly until something catches his eye._

## Origin

In its humorous sense, the word was inspired by George W. Bush, who pluralized "internet" as "internets" during a debate with John Kerry in 2004.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/internets (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).