Origin of Domainer

For those of us not in the know the official defintion and first know use of the word…..

domainer n. A person who makes a living from domain name speculation or by purchasing popular domain names and filling the sites with advertising.

Earliest Citation:
1. Do you own your own domain?
-yeah 560 of them—im actually a domainer.
—sohail, “Other ways to make money,” geek/talk, March 26, 2001

This was found on Word Spy.

2 Responses to “Origin of Domainer”

  1. January 24th, 2006 | 3:18 pm

    Way to post at work buddy.

  2. January 24th, 2006 | 6:43 pm

    hey i needed a break and found this little tidbit to be very valuable and did not want thepublic to have to wait

Leave a reply