Monday, July 30, 2007

top hated words in the web

1. Folksonomy (a web classification system)
2. Blogosphere (the collective term for all blogs)
3. Blog (an online journal)
4. Netiquette (internet etiquette)
5. Blook (a book based on a blog)
6. Webinar (a web or online seminar)
7. Vlog (a video blog)
8. Social Networking (using the web to form virtual communities on sites like MySpace)
9. Cookie (a text file stored on your computer from a website you've visited)
10. Wiki (A collaborative website, editable by its readers)

FREQUENTLY SPOKEN WORD IN THE PLANET

Most frequently spoken word on the Planet:
1. OK
Still the most popular word in languages around the world. "OK" originated in a joke in the 1830's, spelled "oll korrekt" in Boston newspapers, the joke being, both words were incorrect. It became so popular, that it was soon abbreviated to simply "O. K." Despite its popularity, the word would have fallen by the wayside had not Martin van Buren, called "Old Kinderhook" for being born in Kinderhook, N.Y. used it in his presidential reelection campaign of 1840. So don't "misunderestimate" the impact of presidential usage on the growth of our vocabulary. It is also spelled "okay."

TOP TEN TRENDY WORDDS

1. Embedded News correspondents embedded in military units suggested to many that news correspondents were in bed with the military.

2. Blog

Web logs have come of age and, regrettably, this lexical mutation with them.


3. SARS
Farm animals strike back at the humans who eat them again with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. The Flu (with a capital "F") is pushing right behind.

4. Spam
This old word now refers to a plague contending with SARS for destructive potential. Could the Flu (with a capital "F") be any worse?

5. Taikonaut
The Chinese astronaut distracted our attention from textiles and copyrights to remind us that China is a rising industrial power.

6. Bushism
This word now has a real possibility for remaining in the language. (Dan Quayle has lost his chance of making solecisms his contribution to political history.)

7. Allision
The National Transportation and Safety Board in investigating the Staten Island ferry tragedy concluded it wasn't a collision (between two moving objects) but an allision (a crash with an immoveable object).

8. Recall
As in California Recall that resulted in the election of Ahh-nold as the Governator.

9. Middangeard
Middle English for Middle Earth in the movies of Tolkien's trilogy, still fascinating millions around the world with its characters and insights into the origins of the English language.

10. Celibacy
The word which holds the key to ending the seemingly eternal scandal of the US Catholic Church.