# What is the collective noun for a group of websites? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 21, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-collective-noun-for-a-group-of-websites/190033 "2003-07-21T22:54:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![me\_again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@me\_again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/me_again)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-collective-noun-for-a-group-of-websites/190033/1 "2003-07-21T22:54:37Z")
Seriously smart collective of minimalist websites abstracted by a blogger at [textbased.com/~minimalist](http://www.textbased.com/~minimalist/) **Just for fun** : between us we could determine what is the collective noun for a clutch of websites: a _netlot_? a _browserful_, a _screenfiller_? We could make grammatical history here because I think I will alert the OED to our short-list then we can © it to, er … who do you think we should attribute this new collective noun to? ---
**Author:** ![X\_Slayer\_ALE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbe5ce/32.png) [@X\_Slayer\_ALE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X_Slayer_ALE)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-collective-noun-for-a-group-of-websites/190033/2 "2003-07-21T23:02:54Z")
a **Cobweb** a **Cluster** of websites seems to have a nice ring. of course, whats wrong with calling them a **group** of websites? They could be an **interchange** of websites but thats too long and techno-babble-ly… what do you call a web of webs? an **Intrigue** or you could go for a **matrix** of websites. Too hollywood? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-collective-noun-for-a-group-of-websites/190033/3 "2003-07-22T00:46:25Z")
Well, there are **webrings** that link to each other and usually have something in common. ---
**Author:** ![ZebWalton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/fbc32d/32.png) [@ZebWalton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebWalton)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-collective-noun-for-a-group-of-websites/190033/4 "2003-07-22T01:28:08Z")
A \*\*spam \*\*of websites. Or rather, a spam of annoying pop-up ads, like you get when you visit a porn site. So I’ve been told. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-collective-noun-for-a-group-of-websites/190033/5 "2003-07-22T03:33:49Z")
The internet. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-collective-noun-for-a-group-of-websites/190033/6 "2003-07-22T03:41:04Z")
I think the OP’s looking for a description of a subset of the Internet. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-collective-noun-for-a-group-of-websites/190033/7 "2003-07-22T05:11:06Z")
A clique? Get it? Click? Nevermind ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-collective-noun-for-a-group-of-websites/190033/8 "2003-07-22T07:04:57Z")
I get it! I get it! ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-collective-noun-for-a-group-of-websites/190033/9 "2003-07-22T07:31:08Z")
Oh. Wait. I was thinking of the graph-theoretic clique. But, uh, the pun’s good too… ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-collective-noun-for-a-group-of-websites/190033/10 "2003-07-22T07:51:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iamthewalrus(:3= \* > \*\*Oh. Wait. I was thinking of the graph-theoretic clique. > > But, uh, the pun’s good too… \*\* What the fuck is a “graph-theoretic clique”??? 😕 😕 😕 😕 🙂