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

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wireline adj. The Company’s Wireline business provides telephone services, including voice, network access and nationwide long-distance services, broadband video and data services, and other communications products and services globally in 150 countries. Its wireline business also owns and operates one of the global Internet protocol (IP) networks. [English Technology] [full cite] (Aug. 14, 2007)

wireline adj. Canadian Broadcasting also awarded a five-year contract to Canadian National Railways and Canadian Pacific Railway jointly to provide network wireline services for radio broadcasting. [English Technology] [full cite] (Aug. 14, 2007)

wireline adj. The new order sets aside 12 channels for air-ground service by “general communications common carriers, including both wireline and miscellaneous common carriers.” [English Technology] [full cite] (Aug. 14, 2007)

WiTricity n. Realizing their recent theoretical prediction, they were able to light a 60W light bulb from a power source seven feet (more than two meters) away; there was no physical connection between the source and the appliance. The MIT team refers to its concept as “WiTricity” (as in wireless electricity). [English Technology New or Nonce] [full cite] (Jun. 8, 2007)

wizzo n. A skilled “Wizzo”—weapons-systems operator—can achieve good accuracy with only one aiming device, but the planners established the “double lock” rule to make sure the right targets were hit. [English Military Technology Jargon Acronym] [full cite] (Dec. 16, 2004)

woo-hoo n. Teenage Sims don’t ordinarily hook up in the game, but one download installs a sudden interest, among younger Sim-folk, in sex (or “woo-hoo” as it’s called in the parlance of the Sims community). [English Sex & Sexuality Technology] [full cite] (Jan. 14, 2005)

word of mouse n. Word of mouse is the latest trend in online travel planning, and a variety of corporate travel companies are setting up networking sites in hopes of becoming the Facebook of corporate travel. [English Online Technology] [full cite] (Jul. 8, 2008)

wota n. My informant explained that wota—which is pronounced “oh-tah”—are an offshoot branch of Japan’s hobby-obsessed tribe of introverts known as otaku. While regular otaku seek out anime figurines and high-tech gizmos, the infatuation of the nation’s estimated tens of thousands of wota is for girl idols—particularly the pop group Morning Musume.…To distinguish themselves from run-of-the-mill otaku—computer geeks, anime freaks and the like—wota chopped off the “-ku” at the end of the word and, with a touch of playfulness, slapped on a “w” up front. (Typing “wo” on a Japanese computer keyboard renders a kana syllable pronounced “oh.”) [Japanese Japan Pastimes & Hobbies Technology Slang] [full cite] (Jan. 17, 2005)

wrogging n. Just last night, as I was editing (key concept) my blog post for today, it occurred to me that there should be distinct words to describe “brain dump” blogging and high-quality writing on a blog (do you think “wrogging” will catch on?). [English Arts & Literature Media Technology New or Nonce] [full cite] (Apr. 2, 2006)

Xoogler n. Many of the Xooglers (the name is a contraction of ex-Googlers but is pronounced “zooglers”) are young, entrepreneurial and, thanks to Google’s soaring success, wealthy enough to start their own second acts. [English Technology Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 13, 2008)

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