Vol. 10 · Portmanteaus ·Contemporary (2000–) ·1998
Webinar
web seminar
- Meaning
- A live educational presentation delivered over the internet.
- Source words
- web + seminar
- Coined by
- unknown (trade press)
- Year
- 1998
Background
Coined in the late 1990s B2B marketing press. Accelerated into universal use during 2020's remote-work shift, then drew fatigue in equal measure.
Contemporary (2000–)
Faster coinage, faster canonisation. Brexit and podcast both reached the OED within a decade of first use — historically rapid. Social media has made visibility, not invention, the rate-limiting step.
Two words, one coinage.
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