English

Alternative forms

• internets

Noun

Internets ‎(uncountable)

1. (slang, idiomatic) The internet
   • 2007, Garrett M. Graff, The First Campaign, page 281

     Indeed, coming on the heels of a party leader who speaks of "the Internets" and "the Google," it's a disturbing trend that GOP leaders seem so disconnected from the technologies that are changing the way most Americans live

   • 2012, various, English Wikipedia, Internets, link

     On his show The Colbert Report, comedian Stephen Colbert consistently refers to "the Internet" as "the Internets".

Usage notes

The plural is intentionally used as a singular idiomatically.

Swedish

Proper noun

Internets

1. genitive of Internet

English

Alternative forms

• Internets

Noun

internets

1. plural of internet
2. (humorous) The Internet.

   I can't find this word in my print dictionary, let me go look it up on the internets.

See also

• interweb, interwebs, interwebz

Danish

Noun

internets

1. genitive singular indefinite of internet