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Etymology

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From cyber- +‎ hole.

Noun

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cyberhole (plural cyberholes)

  1. Internet oblivion.
    • 2001 February 11, “Deep Visions”, in Boston Globe[1]:
      But Tower did better than HBO, the Boston Business Journal, and some others, where the test messages apparently fell into a cyberhole.
    • 2004, Daniel C. Feldman, “The Devil is in the Details: Converting Good Research into Publishable Articles”, in Journal of Management[2], volume 16, number 1, →DOI:
      Consequently, their long-awaited decision letters were waiting unnecessarily in vacant cyberholes somewhere.
    • 2009 December 19, Alina Tugend, “Shortcuts: Readers Weigh In With Tips on Jobs and Money”, in The New York Times[3]:
      Although many of you seem to believe your messages drop into a black cyberhole, I do read every one, and often find it surprising to see which columns stir up emotion and which seem to sink with barely a murmur.