dot-bomb
(also dot.bomb)
noun informal
An unsuccessful dot-com company: many promising Internet start-ups ended up as dot-bombs...
- It may not seem that way in the wake of the dot-coms turning into dot-bombs and the market falling apart.
- Like other venture firms, it got caught up in dot-com fever and bought into several dot-bombs.
- Over the past 18 months, we have witnessed the implosion of dot-bombs as well as the short-circuiting major tech companies.
Origin
On the pattern of dot-com.