Gnomenclature 2005

Scobull /n/ – 1. Loose
wire; 2. The ability to assert that co-workers should be fired without the fear
of being fired for saying so; 3. Unbridled geek energy.

Wi-FUD /n/ – 1.
The belief that wireless Internet access is evil and should not be used in
conjunction with any public gathering; 2. Wi-Fi without a power
strip.

Aggragavator /n/ – 1. A faulty news reader; 2. An overzealous
syndication evangelist.

Googie /n/ – 1. Google supporter; 2. Any
application built upon Google's APIs; 3. The cookie on the tin that didn't get
fully baked.

Quackback /n/ – 1. A facetious trackback; 2. The title of
Howard The Duck's blog, should he ever get one; 3. Trackbacking an entry and
quoting it out of context.

Fraudcast /n/ – 1. An interesting podcast that
issues only three episodes before its originator gets bored and moves on to
something else; 2. Any content on an airline's business
channel.

Arressess /n/ – 1. Mythical orange-colored creature, having been
best described as a cross between Abe Vigoda and toe cheese; allegedly
befriended by Opie Emmell. 2. Natural enemy of Aurdeyeff.

Canterize /v/ -
1. To interrupt, enthusiastically; 2. The opposite of decanterize, wherein all
social relevance is stripped from a Web site.

Bitchtorrent /n/ – 1. The
act of automatically dismissing any competing data transmission protocol before
it even sees the light of day; 2. A malfunctioning download.

Slashdork
/n/ – 1. One who comments just to comment, adding nothing new, interesting, or
relevant to a thread; 2. One who adds an obligatory link to their page and then
asks for a reciprocal one.

Swuck /n/ – 1. Conference swag that gets
thrown away in your hotel room, unworthy of returning home with
you.

Firefoxy /adj/ – 1. We're not sure what this means, but it's bound
to get a lot of attention since we used the word
“Firefox.”

Rubelicious /adj/ – 1. The feeling of being a
PR hotshot; 2. Cool enough to click.

Curry-Q /n/ – 1. An old hairstyle
you wish you never had, especially when it was once shared on cable TV; 2.
Falafel stand dessert staple.

Technoerrati /n/ – 1. A paritcular feed
entry that shows up more than once. Again. And again. And again.

Waki /n/
- 1. A digital commons supported by illiterate contributors with rudimentary
editing skills; 2. Vigilante history.

Winerd – /n/ – 1. Any individual
who reads Scripting News first thing in the morning – before brushing their
teeth as well as while brushing their teeth.