Top 10 Most Hated Words on the Internet

After this, I have to write a blog about a webinar covering wikis

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Aren't buzzwords fun?  They tend to take on a life of their own, especially in the tech world, and somehow work their way into regular everyday language.  How many people do you know that are familiar with the term "Blog" and are comfortable using it in a regular conversation?  However, despite their widespread use, sometimes they can be quite annoying.  I personally feel like punching someone when they seriously use the term "Blogosphere".

Turns out I'm not the only one who hates that word.  UK polling company YouGov recently conducted a poll of Internet users asking them for their most hated web terms.  At the top of the list is the word "Folksonomy" (a web classification system) and closely followed by:

  • Blogosphere
  • Blog
  • Netiquitte
  • Blook
  • Webinar
  • Vlog
  • Social Networking
  • Cookie
  • Wiki

What are you're most-annoying web terms?

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
What are you're most-annoying web terms?


RomanDA  
interweb
Al Gore 
AOL
anythign ending in ".ru"
podcast
DRM

Favorite terms (they make me laugh):
Series of tubes
internets

Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top

WYSIWYG.


Not only is it completely unpronounceable, it's just plain annoying.

Multiplicity - Control multiple PCs using one keyboard and mouse
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Not only is it completely unpronounceable, it's just plain annoying.
"wizzy-wig"
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Netiquitte and Webinar make me want to slap somebody.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Netiquitte

Because it should be 'netiquette'... Spell checker 

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
RomanDA


WHAT!!! I vow to hunt you down and... Take your daughter and give her to CerebroJD!!!

LOL - Love ya man..
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
myspace
rip

(out of subject: Dictionary )
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Po'
Smedley
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Po'
Smedley


    

............

Vista   
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Zubaz watches this thread decay
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm with vStyler, Vista. After all, he created the incredible StargateSG1 WB.
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Strangely, 'Zubaz' has become a buzword...   

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Zubaz' has become a buzword


thats BUTTword
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Vista
Google
Linux
Mac
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Zubaz' has become a buzword


thats BUTTword


Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Seldomseen, speaking of 404 . .I saw this the other day at an Astros game and it cracked me up:




No one around me thought that a 404 error next to a wireless advert was funny but me.  Perhaps I should get out more.
Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The term I loathe the most?

noob

Why? Because I have to endure hearing that term every day in Battlefield 2142. This term has been overly used carelessly by so many people. Ugh.
Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Vista
Nvidia
Norton
Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I despise....

Google.
GoogleIt.
MySpace.
Popup
Popunder.
GoogleAd.
Error 404.
TimeOut.
anything ending with .gov.au
....and Google.