The Devil’s Dictionary 2.066 terms |
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- m1kr0s0f7
- The nickname of an elite black-hat hacker, credited with creating many thousands of security holes in popular applications; wiley enough to escape prosecution, despite contributing the majority of the malicious code.
- mash-up
- Media produced with all the delicacy and nuance of a fork vigorously working over a baked potato.
- meta
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Masturbatory, but without the potential for a satisfying conclusion.
“Let’s discuss the mailing list’s meta-issues.”
- Metafilter
- More nozzle than filter: a Web site that doesn’t reduce the information flow so much as shape it into a stinging, inconsumable torrent.
- mophotocamblog
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To take.
“I just mophotocamblogged a picture!”
- MSM
- An acronym for “mainstream media,” or a crutch that bloggers have leaned on so often that they’ve squashed it down to three tiny letters.