Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A seminar that is conducted over the Internet.

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  • noun An interactive seminar conducted via the World Wide Web. Usually a live presentation, lecture or workshop that happens in real time, as users participate through chatting, video-chatting, file-sharing, or asking questions with a microphone.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[web + (sem)inar.]

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Blend of web and seminar.

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  • Yuck.

    August 8, 2007

  • Agreed.

    August 8, 2007

  • Webinar is the kind of word that makes me wish we had more least favorite word boxes.

    November 22, 2008

  • totally agree. i put "y'all" in mine, but i couldn't really call that my "least" favorite.

    November 22, 2008

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    November 22, 2008

  • Yes, but menstruum... Ugh.

    November 22, 2008

  • That's what I do--same with my favorite word.

    November 23, 2008

  • This word is a vomitoxin.

    June 25, 2009