The Top 9 New Internet Slang Expressions

9> Squatgroups: Largely abandoned newsgroups that have been seized by third parties for other purposes, usually as a private playground or for flamewars.

8> Mahirsterdance: A fad that sweeps the Internet community for about 10 seconds, only to be forgotten in favor of the next Mahirsterdance.

7> Beating Bill: Any activity engaged in while waiting for your computer to reboot after a Windows crash.

6> Rush Limblog: A blog site that is ruled with an iron fist, in which no critical comments are posted and any old postings that have proven to be wrong are deleted and never spoken of.

5> Code Poser: Someone who pretends to be a programmer in hopes of experiencing the high social prestige and sexual attraction of real programmers.

4> Blog Cabins: The imaginary world in which certain bloggers live where they are always right and everybody else is always wrong.

3> Sex Mitzvah: When celebrities hit the big time purely on the basis of having their “personal videos” displayed on the Internet.

2> Proper English: An archaic form of written communication using established standards of grammar, syntax and spelling; common before the advent of e-mail but now rarely seen.

and the Number 1 New Internet Slang Expression…

1> Blahggers: People who keep online journals despite the fact that their lives aren’t interesting.

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Credits:

Selected from 26 submissions from 8 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:

Matt Van Opens, Kenosha, WI — 1, 3
James Knowles, Bellingham, WA — 2, 5, 7 (Hat trick!)
Bill Livingston, Decatur, AL — 4, 9
Brandon Hunt, Braintree, MA — 6
Doug Crews, San Diego, CA — 8
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator, Topic