Anti-Tech Words
Nice to have intermet you!
Dot Con: The process of making money from the internet.
Faceless: What happens when you get either vindictive or drunk and post on Facebook, someone finds it offensive and your account is suspended.
Game-Shame: The feeling of slight embarrassment that occurs when you realise what you thought was about half an hour of game play was actually about five hours, especially when you have inadvertently missed an event to which, under normal circumstances, you would have assigned a higher priority than game play.
Intermet: Ending friendly e-mail conversations with a new acquaintance: “nice to have intermet you.” A smiley emoticon is optional.
Meanderthal: Someone who tries to drive or walk while using a mobile phone.
Memail: E-mail sent to yourself to remind you to do things. Everyone else spends all day reading and sending e-mail to each other, but you prefer yours to be private.
Nerds-Nest: The tangle of cables behind your TV or desk.
Plugthug: Someone who’d kill for access to recharging facilities.
Sheeple: People who have to go out and buy the latest gadget (usually one whose name starts with an “i”) just because they believe that everyone else is getting one, and they can’t bear the thought of being left out.
Spamnesia: Failing to reply to e-mails from friends, because your computer thinks they’re spam.
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