"dot-commiserate" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-dot-commiserate.ogg [Australia] Forms: dot-commiserates [present, singular, third-person], dot-commiserating [participle, present], dot-commiserated [participle, past], dot-commiserated [past]
Etymology: Blend of dot-com + commiserate. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|dot-com|commiserate}} Blend of dot-com + commiserate Head templates: {{en-verb}} dot-commiserate (third-person singular simple present dot-commiserates, present participle dot-commiserating, simple past and past participle dot-commiserated)
  1. (slang, historical) To seek solace with other people left jobless by the dot-com bubble collapse. Tags: historical, slang Categories (topical): Internet

Inflected forms

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