The Rice University Neologisms Database

A sarcastic and often mocking term used for the world wide connection of computers commonly known as the internet. The term is meant to convey a connotation of ignorance. The speaker was trying to convey information about an ignorant computer user who often mixed up terms or gave information that was completely unhelpful. This sarcastic formation was used in a phrase designed to help demonstrate the subject's ignorance. It derives its sarcastic connotation by the confusion of these two terms, which is possibly an attempt to mock new computer users' tendency to confuse terms due to their lack of knowledge. The misspelling also adds to the idea of ignorance contained in the word. Intentional mispronunciation/misspelling of 'interweb', which itself is a blend/confusion of 'internet' and 'world wide web', both terms for the worldwide network of computers. The blend and the misspelling are both meant to convey ignorance of computers so that the term is mocking.