e-begging
English
Etymology
e- + begging
Noun
e-begging (uncountable)
- The act of asking strangers for money via the internet.
- 2016, Meet the students crowdfunding their tuition, The Guardian:
- Shameless e-begging, or a justified act of financial desperation? The idea of crowdfunding university fees will certainly divide opinion.
- 2014, Amanda Palmer: From being a living statue to crowdfunding a $1.2m album, The Independent:
- Many critics still dismiss crowdfunding as a form of "digital panhandling" or "e-begging"
- 2008, O'Reilly Media, YouTube: An Insider's Guide to Climbing the Charts:
- A typical e-begging video is in serious tone, with an artificially humble YouTuber explaining some recent crisis they've had to endure .
- 2016, Meet the students crowdfunding their tuition, The Guardian:
Synonyms
- cyberbegging
See also
- crowdfunding
- begging