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Word trends – FAIL

Since its inception, the internet has been a rich source of new words (such as blogroll, chatterbot, cyberslacker, phishing, and tweetup) and meanings (such as browse, mouse, spider, cookie, and thread). Fail is a perfect example of an Internet-created word craze. It’s used in our everyday speech as a verb, and it has been used [...]

Posted on: February 18 2011 | Comments: 0 | Categories: Word trends and new words | Tags: , , , ,

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