nooksurfer
n. A person who frequents only a limited number of Internet sites.
Examples
2007
Nooksurfer. (n.)
Someone who only occasionally dives into the Web. It also means someone who visits perhaps one or two newsgroups.
—“Jargon 2.0,” Spokesman Review, June 11, 2007
1995 (earliest)
Nooksurfer: Someone who frequents only one or two newsgroups, BBS topics, or logs on just to answer e-mail, never daring to venture out into the big waters of the Net.
—Gareth Branwyn, “Jargon Watch,” Wired, February 01, 1995
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