smack; bandwidth; nomophobia

[Jonathan Lighter]

UrbanDictionary has "nomophobia" from 2008.

JL

On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Today a Fox News caption defines: "Nomophobia: Fear of Being Without a
> Smart Phone."
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> A Phoenix mom on CNN say that officials "don't have the bandwidth or the
> authority" to take care of a problem.  As "ability" or "intelligence,"
> UrbanDictionary takes this back to 2006.
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> Last night NPR approvingly mentioned kids in Alabama who "share smack."  UD
> has "gossip...shit about one another" (2005).   Obviously from  talking
> "smack" rather than shooting it.
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> JL
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