“Sexting” has been voted the most annoying new tech word added to the dictionary over the last few years. “Sexting” topped an online poll conducted by YouGov for Computeractive magazine to become the “most annoying or horrible” new tech-related word in the dictionary, bringing in about 24% of the votes. “Sexting” earned almost twice as many as “intexticated,” which placed second at 13%. “Intexticated” means unable to concentrate while driving due to texting. Tech words “Defriend,” “Twittersphere” and “Tweetup” rounded out the top five, respectively.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Tech Words That Tick Us Off
“Sexting” has been voted the most annoying new tech word added to the dictionary over the last few years. “Sexting” topped an online poll conducted by YouGov for Computeractive magazine to become the “most annoying or horrible” new tech-related word in the dictionary, bringing in about 24% of the votes. “Sexting” earned almost twice as many as “intexticated,” which placed second at 13%. “Intexticated” means unable to concentrate while driving due to texting. Tech words “Defriend,” “Twittersphere” and “Tweetup” rounded out the top five, respectively.
