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New words added to the dictionary
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 8:50 am
by 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
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 1:37 pm
by Drem
codec wasn't a word?
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 3:04 pm
by Martrae
I have never heard of hacktivism or mash-up (except when referring to potatoes
).
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:22 am
by 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?
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:26 am
by Tossica
a mash-up is taking two or more existing songs and combining them to create a different song.
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:28 am
by 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.
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 1:03 pm
by liquidstayce
Tossica wrote: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.