convention, networking, messaging /net dot/ A prefix used to

describe people and events related to Usenet and the

Internet. The convention dates from the time before the

Great Renaming, when most non-local Usenet newsgroups had

names beginning "net.". Includes net.gods, "net.goddesses"

(various charismatic net.women with circles of on-line

admirers), "net.lurkers" (see lurker), "net.person",

"net.parties" (a synonym for boink), and many similar

constructs.