net.-

net.- /net dot/ pref.  [Usenet] Prefix used to describe
   people and events related to Usenet.  From the time before the
   {Great Renaming}, when most non-local newsgroups had names
   beginning `net.'.  Includes {net.god}s, `net.goddesses'
   (various charismatic net.women with circles of on-line admirers),
   `net.lurkers' (see {lurker}), `net.person', `net.parties'
   (a synonym for {boink}, sense 2), and many similar constructs.
   See also {net.police}.