The Top 8 Internet Terms of 2008

8> “Betiquette” - the social rules of Internet gambling

7> “Trojan Donkey” - a program that’s too lazy to trick you into using it

6> “Lullcat” - the daily mid-afternoon drop in productivity when you start searching for pictures of funny kittens

5> “Amigo Puffing” - highlighting how many friends you have on your Facebook page

4> “Cross-Gender Syncing” - dating

3> “Bimbo Threshold” - the point at which a female celebrity is known more for her Internet cheesecake shots than for anything else she’s ever done

2> “Rectasourcing” - pulling programming expertise out of your ass

and the Number 1 Internet Term of 2008…

1> “Webjobbing” - the full-time job of posting your resume and searching for work on Monster, Careerbuilder, and Dice

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Credits:

Selected from 33 submissions from 12 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:

Matt Van Opens, Watertown, WI — 1
Doug Crews, San Diego, CA — 2
Donald Johnson, Cincinnati, OH — 3
James Knowles, Bellingham, WA — 4
John O’Byrne, Dublin, Ireland — 5, 7, 8 (Hat trick!)
Andrew Hackard, Austin, TX — 6
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator, Topic