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Technology-inspired words

Video surveillance: another example of tech-inspired jargon? Photo by Terry Freedman

On 30 August 2013, I wrote an article about neologisms inspired by technology. Here is the first part of the article:

New words are always interesting, I think, and not just the ones that have been inspired by technology. But before I say any more about that, I feel the need to get something off my chest. Don’t worry, I won’t make this a long post: the last thing I want is people tweeting me to say TL;DR (too long; didn’t read).

Are you a "word nerd"? I know I am! Photo by Ryan Hyde http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/Like many people, I read the news everyday because of a morbid FOMO (fear of missing out). However, the depths to which some newspapers will apparently go to in order to make their items buzzworthy (likely to arouse people’s interest) makes me want to vom (vomit). 

Read more at Technology-Inspired Words Are Definitely Buzzworthy!