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newsgroup


news·group

noun \-ˌgrüp\

Definition of NEWSGROUP

: an electronic bulletin board on the Internet that is devoted to a particular topic
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Examples of NEWSGROUP

  1. I posted a message to a gardening newsgroup.

First Known Use of NEWSGROUP

1983

Rhymes with NEWSGROUP

age-group, blood group, closed loop, duck soup, ground loop, in-group, out-group, pea soup, playgroup, recoup, regroup, subgroup, T-group, toe loop, war whoop

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