dot-coma
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Meaning · English
The collapse of a dot-com or of the dot-com bubble.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
The lackluster debuts were part of an overall dot-coma that hit the Internet sector in trading yesterday. Amazon.com, RealNetworks, Go2Net, InfoSpace.com and many other of the area's Internet stocks each dropped a few dollars by the close of trading.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “dot-coma” mean?
The collapse of a dot-com or of the dot-com bubble.
Is “dot-coma” formal or informal?
dot-coma is generally slang.