dotcom bubbleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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dot-com bubble (plural dot-com bubbles)

1. (business, historical) A historic speculative bubble based around the Internet, covering roughly 1997–2000.

   Synonyms: dot-com boom, information technology bubble, Internet bubble

   Hypernym: tech boom

   • 2018 January 10, Derek Thompson, “It Is Silly Season in the Land of Cryptocurrency”, in The Atlantic‎:

     The excitement about bitcoin and blockchain is sort of like the dot-com bubble—if nobody in 2000 was quite sure what the internet was for.

   • 2021 July 17, Jacob Bernstein, “Keith McNally Stirs the Pot”, in The New York Times‎:

     That was part of what made the March reopening of Balthazar, a SoHo mainstay since the height of the dot-com bubble, unusual. Jay-Z and Beyoncé turned up for dinner. Nancy Pelosi came for breakfast. Patrons made out at their tables, took trips together to the bathroom.