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dot-bomb
(dot-bomb)
Entry from US Dictionary
(also
dot.bomb
)
noun
informal
an unsuccessful dot-com company:
many promising Internet start-ups ended up as dot-bombs
Origin:
on the pattern of
dot-com
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