Geezer Lingo Banned

[Baker, John]

        The writer is tilting at windmills.  Here's his list of "13 Tech Terms You Should Never Say Again":

Dial (verb)
Tune In/Stay Tuned
Tape (verb)
Webcam
Blog (noun)
Desktop Computer
Film (verb)
Smartphone
Surf the Web
Desktop Publishing
Personal Cloud
Super Phone
Set-Top Box

        Most or all of the first ten are in wide use and in no danger of disappearing just because Avram Piltch doesn't like them.


John Baker


-----Original Message-----
From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jonathan Lighter
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 4:25 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Geezer Lingo Banned

Don't be retro, grampa:

http://news.yahoo.com/13-tech-terms-never-again-201251980.html

JL

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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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