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Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Blogging, dogging and happy slapping
I read an article this morning about some research that shows most people are baffled by 'digital buzzwords'. Considering these people consisted of taxi drivers, pub landlords, beauticians and hairdressers, that's not surprising.
Anyway, here's the list of those mysterious words and how many people know what they mean:
1. Flashmobbing 9%
2. Podcasting 12%
3. Metrosexual 22%
4. Blogging 28%
5. Dogging 39%
6. Chav 49%
7. Happy Slapping 56%
8. Broadband 88%
I think this is outrageous! Bloody morons - I mean, fancy being a taxi driver and not knowing what 'flashmobbing' means. How do they manage?
So, for those people in the list, here's what they all mean.
Flashmobbing - when a crowd converges at a specific time and place, to participate in apparent random acts, and then dissipates.
Podcasting - audio files that you can automatically download and listen to on your chosen iPod variant.
Metrosexual - basically someone who's a bit like a trendy city poof.
Blogging - maintaining a 'web log'.
Dogging - having sex with strangers in a public place and encouraging observers.
Chav - "uneducated and uncultured people who are prone to antisocial or immoral behaviour".
Happy Slapping - slapping or punching somebody for no reason and recording it with a camera phone.
Broadband - high speed internet.
The BBC ran the same story a little while back, and they summed it up really nicely:
"Most metrosexuals will know that blogging about their podcasting is perhaps a bit passé, while flashmobbing is decidedly retro. Happy slapping a chav who is indulging in a bit of dogging, however, might be the way to go."
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