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Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:25:52 +0000

[...] most of which had their genesis in online culture. So it was with great joy that I came across this article which outlines some of the words that the internet has succesfully killed. It’s a lovely [...]

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By: Since Facebook, friends aren’t what they used to be | The Evolving Newsroom

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:27:28 +0000

[...] how much the internet and texting are changing the language, look away. For the rest, here’s a post from Jeremy Toeman redefining a few words from today’s socially networked world: We are currently in the midst [...]

By: bounderboy

bounderboy — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:56:23 +0000

Was about to have a look for yer on Facebook Jez – but worried cause i never met yer at all ..

Ps actually I did search and Facebook crashed – must be too many people searching yer out lol…!!

Pps enjoying the blog keep posting please!!

By: Ameel

Ameel — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:25:29 +0000

Excellent list. ‘Friend’ has also become a verb, as in: “I’ll friend her of Facebook”. Other words that are almost dead include ‘text’ as in SMS messaging, ‘wall’ as used in Facebook, and ‘scrap’ as used in Orkut.

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The Internet, killer of words | Ed Bott’s Windows Expertise | — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:44:15 +0000

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By: Hermit

Hermit — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:33:31 +0000

Seems to me that one main meaning of ‘like’ is ‘said’.
E.g.: John was like “We should get some food.” But Paul was like “I don’t want to”.

Another use of ‘like’: add it to your verbs in order to tanslate any sentence into teenager-speak.
E.g., when speaking to teenagers don’t say “I’m going out to buy a tiger”: say “I’m LIKE going out to buy a tiger”. Then they will understand you.

(Of course this particular sentence has the added benefit of leaving them anxiously wondering what the heck you actually plan to do with this tiger.)