Sent along primarily for the inclusion of 'blogosphere' and 'blog' itself. :-)
Udhay
http://www.techtree.com/India/News/The_Webs_Ten_Most_Irritating_Words/551-81821-643.html
The Web's Ten Most Irritating Words
Techtree News Staff Email Print
Jun 24, 2007
Can you believe that the World Wide Web has actually spawned words
that might make users want to pull at their hair in frustration?
British pollsters, YouGov, conducted a poll for Web publisher
Lulu.com, creator of the Blooker Prize that converts Web
diaries/Blogs into Web books or Blooks, and came up with a string of
not so happening words on the Web...
Topping the list of irksome words is 'Folksonomy', a Web
classification system, followed by 'Blogosphere' at second place.
'Blog itself comes in at third position, followed by 'Netiquette' aka
Web etiquette at fourth place.
The fifth most irritating word is 'Blook' or a book based on a Blog.
At sixth, seventh, and eighth place respectively are 'Webinar',
'Vlog' or video Blog, and 'Social Networking'.
Qualifying as the ninth most irksome word is 'Cookie', a file sent to
a user's computer after he/she visits a Web site. At tenth place is
'Wiki', meaning a collaborative Web site edited by its readers.
Reportedly, a universe comprising about 2,091 adults was questioned
by the poll pundits to come up with these results.
Bob Young, Canadian founder of Lulu.com, expressed the view that the
World Wide Web tirelessly continues to churn out new words so much so
that there is now possibility for a new language aka Web-lish which
could well be the new English.
Previously, even the Collins English Dictionary had announced that a
string of words inspired by the Web would be given pride-of-place in
their ninth edition. These include: 'me-media'; a term for personal
content Web sites like Facebook and godcast, which is a religious
service that has been converted into an MP3 format.
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