New words added to the dictionary

[Gidan]

Some of their newest additions include: adware, biodiesel, codec, digicam, google (as a verb), geocaching, hacktivism, mash-up, rewriteable, ringtone, spyware, and texting.

http://slashdot.org/articles/06/07/07/1234221.shtml

http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/internet/ ... 358,00.htm

[Drem]

codec wasn't a word?

[Martrae]

I have never heard of hacktivism or mash-up (except when referring to potatoes ).

[Donnel]

codec previously was just an abbreviated form of code/decode, kinda like modem (modulate/demodulate). This just gives it an official meaning to a word that those who use it already know what it is.

Mash-up refers to taking two music samples and cross mixing, yes?

[Tossica]

a mash-up is taking two or more existing songs and combining them to create a different song.

[Donnel]

Well that's kinda what I said :D

I've liked the mash-ups I've heard. A local station here does somethign they call "Mixphoria" every friday (prolly not unique as this station isn't the most innovative in the world) but they bring a guy in the studio who does them professionally and for like an hour with no commercials it's just mix after mix.

[liquidstayce]

a mash-up is taking two or more existing songs and combining them to create a different song.

I've also had people do mash-up poetry.