"arachnerd" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Blend of arachnid + nerd, as a play on web and Web. Included on lists of Internet slang as early as 1996.",
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      "form": "arachnerds",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2003 June 8, Chris Sherman, “To Google, and Other Internet Neologisms”, in Search Engine Watch, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2025:",
          "text": "Why do I find these Internet neologisms so interesting? Guess it’s because I’m a bona-fide arachnerd, a person that spends way too much time either surfing the Web or fussing with their home page.",
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        "A person who spends a lot of time on the World Wide Web."
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        "(Internet slang, dated, rare) A person who spends a lot of time on the World Wide Web."
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  "word": "arachnerd"
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          "text": "Why do I find these Internet neologisms so interesting? Guess it’s because I’m a bona-fide arachnerd, a person that spends way too much time either surfing the Web or fussing with their home page.",
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        "(Internet slang, dated, rare) A person who spends a lot of time on the World Wide Web."
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