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July 08, 2008

Want to compunicate?

No, it’s not a typo . . . it’s a new word, a verb, that’s been coined to describe this situation: “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.”

The new list, compiled by advertising agency Cramer-Krasselt, and reported in MediaPost, is interesting in that many of the words refer to communication of some kind.

Take, for instance:

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

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.

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

Or, the scariest word of all:

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

Gotta go, to check out my Googleganger.

Posted by Alison Davis at July 8, 2008 09:35 AM