Jun 26, 2007 at 8:46 PM
SOURCECan you believe that the World Wide Web has actually spawned words that might make users want to pull at their hair in frustration?
British pollsters, YouGov, conducted a poll for Web publisher Lulu.com, creator of the Blooker Prize that converts Web diaries/Blogs into Web books or Blooks, and came up with a string of not so happening words on the Web...
Topping the list of irksome words is 'Folksonomy', a Web classification system, followed by 'Blogosphere' at second place.
'Blog itself comes in at third position, followed by 'Netiquette' aka Web etiquette at fourth place.
The fifth most irritating word is 'Blook' or a book based on a Blog. At sixth, seventh, and eighth place respectively are 'Webinar', 'Vlog' or video Blog, and 'Social Networking'.
Qualifying as the ninth most irksome word is 'Cookie', a file sent to a user's computer after he/she visits a Web site. At tenth place is 'Wiki', meaning a collaborative Web site edited by its readers.
Reportedly, a universe comprising about 2,091 adults was questioned by the poll pundits to come up with these results.
Bob Young, Canadian founder of Lulu.com, expressed the view that the World Wide Web tirelessly continues to churn out new words so much so that there is now possibility for a new language aka Web-lish which could well be the new English.
Previously, even the Collins English Dictionary had announced that a string of words inspired by the Web would be given pride-of-place in their ninth edition. These include: 'me-media'; a term for personal content Web sites like Facebook and godcast, which is a religious service that has been converted into an MP3 format.
