Think of all the new language generated thanks to the booming digital age. Just a few years ago the words "blog", "blogging", and "blogger" would have been meaningless letters. Why that word? Where did it come from? How did it come to mean personally-published internet journal?
What other new words have been coined and added to our daily lexicon? Where did they come from? Use your best guess or do some research!
Let's make our own new words as well!
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One of the first words that comes to mind is the verb google. If you were to look up the definition on dictionary.com it would tell you, "to search for information through the Google search engine." The verb originated from Google.com which wouldn't have even been a word if it hadn't been for the internet. The site's name was derived from the word googol which is a 1 followed by 100 zeros(or 10 raised to the power of 100. The owners of the site, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, liked what it expressed as their sites name and unknowingly misspelled the word. This info was looked up on Google...kinda ironic!huh?
http://graphics.stanford.edu/~dk/google_name_origin.html
the biggest thing that comes to my mind is wi-fi.Wi-Fi is the trade name for the popular wireless technology used in home networks, mobile phones, video games...short for "Wireless Fidelity,") is a term used generically when referring to any type of 802.11 network...
I think that it is odd they choose the word fidelity because it means so many other things completely not related to the wireless connection.
meanings:
The observance of promises, especially of sexual faithfulness
faithfulness to one's duties
an alternative pop song from singer-songwriter Regina Spektor released in the fall of
Fidelity is a notion that at its most abstract level implies a truthful connection to a source or sources
but at the same time what makes the saying wireless fidelity sound strange makes it make sence the irony...hehe
The Twitter social networking service and the people who use it. Also: twitterverse, Twitter-verse. [Blend of Twitter and universe.]
A silent phone call received from a person who has inadvertently dialed or selected the number on their mobile phone. —v.
—ghost call.
Dating people based on a single characteristic, or on a very limited set of characteristics.
—niche-dating, adj.
homedulgence
n. During a recession, the tendency for consumers to prefer home-based indulgences, such as cocktail parties and lavish dinners.
framily
n. A person's closest friends, particularly those who feel like part of the family. [Blend of friends and family.]
HENRY
n. A person with a substantial income, but who is not yet wealthy. [From the phrase High Earner, Not Rich Yet.]
http://www.wordspy.com/
words ive made up:
putonocity- the order you put things on.
awe-mazing- awesomely-amazing
aw-mazing- awfully amazing (used when you dont want to insult someone but dont want to lie)
idiaucity- mix of idiots and audacity.
apro-insane- aprovably insane (anyone who lives and acts like thier alive)
and just cool words-
tyro
(tie'-roh) n. a beginner in learning, a novice. [from Latin tiro "young soldier, tyro".]
and the name Mytho- also pronounced mUto- it is a reference to a mask...
koolness yes...
noctis- night in latin
stella- stars- latin
CHRISTEN VALENTINE
blog--I'm guessin it comes from blending the words blurb--meaning short, descriptive statement--and log--referring to keeping regular written documentation.
Thta makes it a portmanteau word--like spork!
Other new words: netiquette, podcast, phishers, spam
What's interesting about the origin and/or evolution of those words?
Phishing is one that i get, because what they do is not unlike fishing. they put out a line (a email) with bait (a very attractive offer). What we, the fish, don't see is the rather large hook waiting to catch us and reel us in. Its actually a very comprehensive metaphor, and I'm sure some phishers have even had arguments with their wives about how much time they spend on the habit.
As for Spam, it comes from Spiced Ham, or shoulder of pork and ham. While it has always been somewhat of a joke, due to ts low quality, it was launched the realm of popular culture with this Monty Python sketch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE. As for its use in emailing, perhaps it has something to do with the high quantity of low quality material.
well netiquette is interesting because since it means both:
1) The rules of etiquette on the Internet
2)"network etiquette", is a set of social conventions that facilitate interaction over networks
such as a blog it's kind of like poeple are saying just because i can not see you doesnt mean i want to read the cussing or insults or durogitory statements. it's like saying we still want to hold civil standards in this new cyber world.
christen valentine
Blog-To write entries in, add material to, or maintain a weblog.
[(we)blog.]
blog·ger n.
The definition from dictionary.com.
However this article says did some really become the first blogger?
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1025_3-6168681.html
kim
i think that it is interesting that we as a nation are constantly making new product more then other constries but without the massive changes and sometimes with the most rediculous changes. words, technology and so on it's like we are trying to say "ha, we can make more than you...even though we just throw it away...and we dont recycle it for the copper to keep money flowing in the country...but were better" this is a major reason why we get laughed at and mocked by other countries!
if I am allowed to propose a possible future blog or seminar may i propose the questions:
1) is it better to live on the land or off the land?
2) is one reason why we as a country grow so much and mature so much less than other countries an affect of this?
3) why are we constantly changes things that have nothing wrong with it? (curiosity)
Well the word "blog" was used in Dr. Suess's book called Scrambled Eggs Super in 1953. But according to him, blog was the worlds sweetest frog. Haha
But I think the word blog is a combonation of the words Web and Log. When you blog, you put a log on the web. Haha It only makes sense :P
EMO. It has become one of the most common words. Everyone has heard of an EMO kid and they are usually referred to as "cutters" who wear black clothes and are weird. The current generations are always coming up with titles to place on others and the words they choose are not very appealing.
NERD-GASM: when a person gets really excited about a new insight, idea, or something they have learned.
I wish I coined this word, but I first heard it uttered in AP Language by Preston and/or Sam.
The world "blog" is a shortened form of the word "weblog" or "web log". Originally, it was just a computerized record of requests handled by a webserver. Following it began to take the meaning of a website operated by single individual, often in the form of a journal. The earliest documented use of the modern meaning of "blog" was in 1997.
Other portmanteau words, like spork and blog, include:
Guesstimate= Guess + Estimate
Squiggle= Squirm + Wiggle
Skyjack= Sky + Hijack
Sitcom= Situation + Comedy
Pixel= Picture + Element
Modem= Modulator + Demodulator
Knork= Knife + Fork
Infomercial= Information + Commerical
These are just a few example of the modernization of the english language since Shakespeare's time. George Orwell predicted the evolution of the english language from its proper form in his novel, 1984. Orwell made his prediction during the Russian Revolution and since then the rapid changing of formal language has been sped up due to mass media and technological advancements. It seems that our lives have become so busy that we have tried making it easier in other areas, being our system of verbal and textual communication.
Students in high school across the United States already have issues reading and understanding formal english. Such incomprehension subjects Shakespeare's plays to the scorn of students and adults numbering in the thousands. I think the saddest day to come will be when students will not be expected to suffer through the reading of formal writings because it will be deemed by districts too difficult for the high school standard. We need to find a balance between the usage of our urban jargon and formal derivation.
Justin McClelland
lol the first word, serously, that came to mind was when we were talking about jizz.
like what in the crap is jizz? honestly i dont even remember when i first heard this word but i guess evoltion of words brings many other words, or like when a douche was just a cleaning mechanism, now its every person in my 4th hour.
Haha you have a good point there mrs.R! hmmm lets see here one of the first words that come to mind that we use alot on the net is noob. Pretty funny because its a term used for a newbie on cyber games lol.
~4ng!3~
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