The Devil’s Dictionary On Web Phrases

This from Ian Delaney who in turn found it at Valleywag

Folksonomy: A definition system by which the language’s most important word becomes “porn.”

Meme: An idea best expressed on a bumper sticker.

Monetize: To suck the life from.

Gamma: Still broken after three tries.

Ajax: A warrior too powerful to work on your phone.

Standards-compliant:
The web equivalent of “Yeah, but she sure can cook.”

Prosumer:
An amateur with $3,000 to burn.

Long tail: The mass of products that sell ten times the units the distributor expected, and one tenth the units than the creator expected.

Bluetooth: A technology akin to shortening a USB cord, stripping the insulation, and mashing the ends with a hammer.

Hee hee.

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One Response to “The Devil’s Dictionary On Web Phrases”
  1. classic. monetize and gamma are all too true :)

    by Gino
    on 08. Mar, 2007

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