Archive for February, 2011
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Virgin sexes up job ad genre
A friend pointed me in the direction of this job advertisement the other day. It appears to be for a cleaner in a gym. Apart from the obvious euphemy in the job description, I was intrigued by the subversion of the job ad genre1. Here is the ad in full: Changeroom & Poolside Assistant Bit [...]
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Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
Tweemo
Just saw this word on an online forum and was so impressed, I thought I’d share it with the blogosphere: Tweemo: n. derog. Of or pertaining to Twitter and Emos, i.e., immature and whiny. Eg: Walking backwards is such a tweemo form of ‘protest’! (source)
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Friday, February 4th, 2011
Googleganger: Word of the Year?
I read today that Macquarie Dictionary have named their Word of the Year for 2010: Googleganger. The word is immediately understandable; a googleganger is someone that has the same name as you, whom you find when egosearching on Google. Quite obviously it is a blend of Google and doppelganger. However I have a few apprehensions [...]
