/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. See also net.police. [Jargon File] (1995-03-21)