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Dec. 26, 2008
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| The language of our lives is changing faster than you can load up an Iphone app -- but don't fret. If you don't know your 'frolleagues' from your 'nomophobia', and if you're not sure if 'cowpooling' is something you'd want to be involved in, we're here to help. Wired magazine's "Jargon Watch" columnist (and conceptual artist) Jonathan Keats runs down the top tech jargon terms of 2008. |
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Jonathon Keats
Author, Wired magazine's "Jargon Watch;" forthcoming "The Book of the Unknown" (Random House, 2009)
Conceptual Artist
San Francisco, California
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