Editing Internets (section)

{{short description|Bushism-turned catchphrase}}
{{Other uses|Internet (disambiguation)}}
[[File:Bush 43 10-19-04 Stpete.jpg|thumb|[[George W. Bush]] during the 2004 campaign]]
"'''Internets'''", also known as "'''The Internets'''", is a [[Bushism]]-turned [[catchphrase]] used humorously to portray the speaker as ignorant about the [[Internet]] or about technology in general, or alternatively as having a provincial or folksy attitude toward [[technology]]. Former [[President of the United States|United States President]] [[George W. Bush]] first used the word publicly during the 2000 election campaign. The term gained cachet as an [[Internet humor]] [[Internet meme|meme]] following Bush's use of the term in the [[2004 United States presidential debates|second 2004 presidential election debate]] on October 8, 2004.