3 posts and columns on slang

"Hit Me Up" Was Facebook's Breakout Slang in 2010

in Social on December 14, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Other items besides Justin Bieber made it onto Facebook’s list of 2010 trends in status messages. But don’t think for a second that Bieber didn’t earn his spot on yet another year-end roundup.

Nostalgia Trip of the Day: Web 1.0 Buzzwords That Won’t Go Away

in Media on February 20, 2009 at 8:46 am PT

Remember the good old days of 2002, when many of us were out of work and the Dow was hovering around 7300? OK, so things haven’t changed that much, after all. Here’s a reminder of Web 1.0 buzzwords that seemed novel at the time, but have proved surprisingly–and in some cases, frustratingly–resilient.
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