Word of the Day – Cyberchondria
25 nov 2008
BBC: The concept of cyberchondria is that the person looks up their symptoms and then self-diagnoses themselves.
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Narcissistic – Love of Oneself
13 jul 2008
Narcissistic – "To declare blogging dead, and THEN spout off a list of reasons that are so myopic they border on cluelessness — its just plain narcissistic."
The term narcissism means love of oneself, and refers to the set of character traits concerned with self-admiration, self-centeredness and self-regard.
détente – a period of détente
12 jul 2008
détente – "Shareholders searching for détente in the battle between Yahoo and Microsoft are unlikely to find it in Microsoft’s new proposal to buy Yahoo’s search business, one the Internet company swiftly rejected on Saturday."
Détente is a French term, meaning a relaxing or easing; the term has been used in international politics since the early 1970s.
Sites That Accept User Generated Content go for the Mullet Hairstyle
02 jun 2008
Websites like MySpace and YouTube, that accept user generated content, are embracing a technique known as Mullet* Strategy to keep their main sections clean.
*This phrase is actually inspired by the Mullet hairstyle of 70′s that was formed by cutting the hair short on the top and sides but allowing it to grow longer in back.