Internet: its 10 best English words, or, neologisms for our time

wfgodot · Apr 17, 2013

Not sure what forum this goes in but, nevertheless, it is an entertaining, short read - educational, even, with none of the requisite pain of learning.

The 10 best words the internet has given English (Guardian)

Here are the words. The text following each provides interesting reading about meaning, usage, and history:

01. Avatars
02. Hashtags
03. Scunthorpe problems
04. Trolling
05. Memes
06. Spam
07. LOLs
08. Meh
09. Cupertinos
10. Geeks

TrackerSam · Apr 18, 2013

wfgodot said:
Not sure what forum this goes in but, nevertheless, it is an entertaining, short read - educational, even, with none of the requisite pain of learning.

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:floorlaugh:

Kat · Apr 18, 2013

I bookmarked his book. Because, yes, I'm going to read it.

oh_gal · Apr 18, 2013

They left off "baby mamma" and "baby daddy"...and..."my bad". But maybe that's not an internet thing...just society in general.

Meh.

Linda7NJ · Apr 20, 2013

oh_gal said:
They left off "baby mamma" and "baby daddy"...and..."my bad". But maybe that's not an internet thing...just society in general.

Meh.

I think Jerry Springer gets the credit for that

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