netlore

English

Etymology

net +‎ lore

Noun

netlore (uncountable)

1. A kind of folklore comprising humorous texts, folk poetry, folk art, and urban legends that are circulated over the Internet.
   • 2012, Gail de Vos, What Happens Next? Contemporary Urban Legends and Popular Culture:

     Photographic urban legends, digitally altered photographs, circulate among friends via e-mail and turn up on netlore sites, just as jokes and contemporary legends do, as well as on websites run by pranksters and propagandists […]

Related terms

• faxlore

Anagrams

• -terenol