Abbreviation for "Never-Ending Text". A net is a conversation using text messaging that is impossible to end.
"You two have been texting back and forth all day. Why don't you just call her?"
"I know, I'm caught in a net."
"I know, I'm caught in a net."
by Jim Thomson May 16, 2008
shortened form for the word "clarinet" a black in colour musical instrunment. from the class "woodwindus" and species "instrumentus" the clarinet is a violent and agressive instrument - approach with caution
by 7aipan November 07, 2005
I got so netted out after seeing him pick his nose and wipe it on the wall.
The guy wearing the totes is a netto bombetto.
The guy wearing the totes is a netto bombetto.
by jethica reardon January 24, 2007
Now overused term for 'so the bottom line is...'
Comes from an investor/accounting concept when valuing a company; based on the sum of sales/what you own (net assets) vs sum of debts (net liabilities). Weighing up net assets vs net liabilities (net-net) then says whether you have an overall positive or negative business. The term is very reductive - you don't need to explain what individual parts make up the positives or negatives, or how big they are... just that the final result is a win/loss or a yes/no.
Somehow the term has gradually crept from accounting into general business jargon (net-net this deal is good) and eventually just to give an opinion where you don't feel like providing any of the detail of how that view was formed or allow for argument from another person (I've done all the weighing up and we are going this way).
Comes from an investor/accounting concept when valuing a company; based on the sum of sales/what you own (net assets) vs sum of debts (net liabilities). Weighing up net assets vs net liabilities (net-net) then says whether you have an overall positive or negative business. The term is very reductive - you don't need to explain what individual parts make up the positives or negatives, or how big they are... just that the final result is a win/loss or a yes/no.
Somehow the term has gradually crept from accounting into general business jargon (net-net this deal is good) and eventually just to give an opinion where you don't feel like providing any of the detail of how that view was formed or allow for argument from another person (I've done all the weighing up and we are going this way).
by Sargasso_Fade March 26, 2020