Technology Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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blam n. Spim (IM Spam) is starting to emerge. Blam (Blog Spam) has exploded on the scene. [English Technology] [full cite] (Jan. 13, 2005)

blast n. They claim that if you run a full-message email ad (or “blast” as some refer to it) on a third-party list, and a recipient requests removal, both you and the third-party must remove that person from your respective lists. [English Advertising Technology] [full cite] (Dec. 21, 2004)

blast n. The “blast” services disrupted that process, much like “a whole bunch of people coming up and interrupting a conversation,” he said.…McKinney cited AIMS Computer Systems of Knoxville as a key example of a “blast” setup. The Web site on Monday had posted a note saying more than 200,000 e-mails had been sent to legislators and the state income tax proposal appears dead. [English Advertising Technology] [full cite] (Feb. 7, 2006)

blast n. Suppliers can send a blast e-message to clients and prospects inviting them to their Web site to check out a renovation, feature or personnel change, or to fill out a form to qualify for a fam trip. [English Advertising Technology Jargon] [full cite] (Feb. 7, 2006)

blause n. I’m on “Blog-Pause.” Hence, “Blause.” It probably won’t be an absolute blause, but I won’t dedicate much time to it. I’ve got (interim) finals coming up over the next couple of weeks, and I’ve got to keep focused on my subjects until I’m done. [English Technology] [full cite] (Dec. 13, 2004)

bleep n. Affectionately called a “bleep”—because that is all it seems to do from dawn until dusk and throughout the night as well—it symbolises the fear of the unknown for the wary junior doctor. [English Medical Technology Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 19, 2006)

blingosphere n. “Bling bling” is a phrase hijacked from black culture and press-ganged into white culture. “Blingosphere” is an ironic mockery of the original slang—a term so lame that it declares whiteness on its face. Thus, while the original term carries the lameness of white people trying to talk black, the new term is an ironic mockery of that process, and is thus, reverse-cool. [English Technology] [full cite] (Mar. 3, 2005)

blink n. It’s a short, one-sentence blog post + a link, à la Kottke remainders…. We’ll be using “blink” posts here at Copyfight to share links to articles, resources, and websites of interest that do not necessarily require paragraphs of context or analysis. [English Technology Jargon] [full cite] (Dec. 8, 2004)

blink technology n. Chase Bank…will be the first to roll out what the industry calls contactless credit cards using what Chase has dubbed blink technology. Credit-card customers [will] simply pass those cards in front of a special reader attached to the cash register. And then, to speed things up, they might not even have to sign a receipt. [English Money & Finance Technology] [full cite] (May. 30, 2005)

Bloggernacle n. Unlike the more mainstream Mormon blogs—known collectively as the Bloggernacle—that by and large promote the faith, this online diary focuses on the universal challenges of mothering young children and on frustration with the limited roles women have in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [English Media Religion Technology] [full cite] (Mar. 5, 2005)

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