Most Hated Internet Terms?
by Henning FischerThis morning, Yahoo!’s homepage featured a story on the most hated Internet words. It got me thinking about the terms that we hear abused all the time. “Blog”, “netiquette”, “cookie” and “wiki” have been voted among the most irritating words spawned by the Internet. Any additions to the short list?
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June 21st, 2007 at 10:33 am
netizen
digerati
webinar
and of course
Web 2.0
I think the most irritating tend to be portmanteaus (portmanteaux?). “Wiki” doesn’t bother me at all–it doesn’t strive to be clever, it’s just a word borrowed from Hawaiian and simplified. “Webitable” would be irritating
June 21st, 2007 at 10:41 am
Wait, ‘blog’ is irritating, but no ‘blogosphere’? Isn’t that more irritating?
They should start a Silicon Valley based ‘words you never want to hear again’ (VC, startup, etc. etc.)
June 21st, 2007 at 11:07 am
Monetize.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Webinar! Argh. I threw up twice just writing that word.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:46 pm
I’d throw in “eyeballs” and “monetize” although maybe those are cheating a bit.
June 21st, 2007 at 5:26 pm
Widgets. Old terms that I still hear that irk me are “hot links” and “email blast”.
June 21st, 2007 at 5:53 pm
Definitely “leverage”. We leverage our content and our websites. We leverage our market share and our customer lists. We leverage the popularity of our blogs and our presence on YouTube. We even leverage our web stats when we turn it into reports. Oh boy. Why can’t we simply “use” all of these things? Who are we trying to impress? It’s enough to make you want to add “-leverage” to your Google searches
June 21st, 2007 at 10:00 pm
“surf”
June 22nd, 2007 at 1:14 pm
It’s definitely “Web 2.0″ out of the mouth of managers who speak of it in terms of “you know, the NEW internet version”. I hear this 10 times a day.
June 22nd, 2007 at 1:41 pm
infobahn
June 25th, 2007 at 11:31 am
Assuming that most of us web professionals are used to these terms, it’s an interesting list because it shows how we “hide” behind certain terms, at least for “regulars” users. “Blog” and “wiki” will surely be terms that internet users need to become familiar with …
June 25th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
I’f I hear, “Do you know web 2.0?” one more time, imma go crazy.
June 26th, 2007 at 11:25 am
tout.
July 30th, 2007 at 8:15 am
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January 24th, 2008 at 6:40 am
I cringe every time I hear “can you make it pop” and “where is the fold line”.
January 24th, 2008 at 11:22 am
I can’t believe that after all the controversy, “AJaX” didn’t make it on Adaptive Path’s list!
Also, I could spend the rest of my life without hearing “back end” ever again and be perfectly happy.
February 13th, 2008 at 8:16 am
i hate the following most
1- register now
2- buy now
3- html
4- web 2.0
5- spam
6- antispam
7- popup
and i hope they dissappear from every where