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Here are the Top 10 newly coined words compiled from various sources by those wacky folks at Cramer-Krasselt:

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:52:52 -0400

What’s That You Say?

1.Luxcession: v. - As the economy continues to hit consumers’ wallets affecting their purchasing choices, many mass-class luxury items are also taking a hit.

2.Dotcomrade: n. - A friend or acquaintance that you met online but have never met in person.

3.Greenwashing: n. - The practice of bogus environmental marketing.

4.Info Snacking: v. - Wasting time at work by surfing the Web.

5.Blacking Out: v. - To turn off any device that people can reach you with (cell phone, two-way, computer, home phone, morse code, etc.) in order to avoid someone (I call this “going dark“… which I am now far more prone to do…:)

6.Compunicate: v. - To chat with someone when you are in the same room, each on separate computers, and you talk via Instant Messenger instead of speaking to them out loud, in person.

7.Defriend: v. - To remove somebody from your established list of contacts, considered the ultimate snub on social network.

8.Generica: n. - Features of the American landscape that are exactly the same no matter where you go such as strip malls and fast food places.

9.Mouse Potato: n. - The online generation’s answer to the couch potato.

10.Googleganger: n. - Another individual with the same name as you whose records and/or stories are mixed in with your own when you Google yourself.

webmarc: STOP IE6 campaign - A campaign devoted to wiping IE6...

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:01:28 -0400

webmarc:

STOP IE6 campaign - A campaign devoted to wiping IE6 off the web

Because friends don’t let friends use IE6.

riotrepublic: Yeahword.

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:32:57 -0400

riotrepublic:

Yeahword.

I saw these clouds once, years ago, when I had no idea what they...

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:34:00 -0400

I saw these clouds once, years ago, when I had no idea what they were. Freaky.

Cool Things: 10 Very Rare Clouds

"100 years ago last week, something — presumably a meteoroid, most experts say — streaked across the..."

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:25:36 -0400

“100 years ago last week, something — presumably a meteoroid, most experts say — streaked across the sky and exploded at an estimated height of 28,000 feet with a force equivalent to 185 Hiroshima bombs, leveling some 800 square miles of forest. Simulations by the Sandia National Laboratories showed that object could have been just 90 feet across.”

- Maybe Chicken Little Wasn’t Paranoid After All

"In my article, I wrote that burning a gallon of gasoline produces 19.4 pounds of carbon dioxide. A..."

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:18:49 -0400

“In my article, I wrote that burning a gallon of gasoline produces 19.4 pounds of carbon dioxide. A number of perplexed people asked, “But a gallon of gas only weighs 6.3 pounds, so how can it produce 19.4 pounds of carbon dioxide?” That’s because the two oxygens (each with atomic weight 16) from the air join each carbon atom (atomic weight 12) in the gasoline to form a molecule of carbon dioxide.”

- Would You Buy an Electric Car Now?

"When I’m working on projects that I don’t care about, I have no motivation. It’s a miserable..."

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:34:09 -0400

“When I’m working on projects that I don’t care about, I have no motivation. It’s a miserable experience. I’d rather turn down money than force myself to do something I don’t care about. This mindset, obviously, didn’t do me any favors in school.”

- Marco Arment as quoted in an interview with the oddly named Butter Room. (via amyyy)

amyyy: ronniebruce: Sleeping man and Dog by Sam Javanrouh A...

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:09:29 -0400

amyyy:

ronniebruce:

Sleeping man and Dog by Sam Javanrouh
A homeless man on queen street west, downtown toronto.

This guy has an awesome daily photoblog

Photo

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:15:37 -0400

"America’s ruling elite have found nirvana —a war which need never end, a war in which..."

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:36:12 -0400

“America’s ruling elite have found nirvana —a war which need never end, a war in which victory is impossible to define and would not be recognized if it occurred. A war in which victory is, in fact, impossible. A war which achieves precisely what it was intended to achieve: the enrichment of a tiny ruling elite for whom your rights mean absolutely nothing.”

- Voices - Why the Iraq War is Destroying the US Economy

Something Big is Going On

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:20:00 -0400

Something Big is Going On

Dentist appointment today. Replaced an old filling, got two new...

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:03:00 -0400

Dentist appointment today. Replaced an old filling, got two new ones, and a full cleaning, in about an hour. Holy crap they’re efficient.

"In-sourcing cheap H1-B labor to compete with young workers on their own turf places enormous..."

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:32:02 -0400

“In-sourcing cheap H1-B labor to compete with young workers on their own turf places enormous downward pressure on wages for technical workers. Enough H1-B visas are granted each year to fill over 75% of the high-tech jobs created in the United States.”

- A Warning For Young Workers: The Up-Escalator May Be Broken

"Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes..."

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:51:09 -0400

““Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.””

- Alexandre Dumas (via mascarah)

aemmea: esthero put this on her blog a long time ago and i...

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:46:20 -0400

aemmea:

esthero put this on her blog a long time ago and i saved it.
whenever i get sad about how long its taking me to get to where i want to go in life i look at it.

my dreams might be stupid but they are my dreams and they mean everything to me.

How Canada stole the American Dream

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:37:39 -0400

How Canada stole the American Dream: (via azspot)

"Love the ones you can. Touch the ones you can reach. Let the others go."

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:30:08 -0400

“Love the ones you can. Touch the ones you can reach. Let the others go.”

- Ian McEwan (via mascarah)

(via unalone)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:25:27 -0400

(via unalone)

7 Ways To Stop The Internet From Making You Stupid

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:17:39 -0400

7 Ways To Stop The Internet From Making You Stupid

414hp BMW M3 beats hybrid Prius in fuel economy test

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:50:00 -0400

414hp BMW M3 beats hybrid Prius in fuel economy test