A very important, ground breaking survey was released today, revealing shocking news... about which words spawned from the internet were the most "irritating":
Wikipedia already has thousands of people logging on at their homes and offices. "Blog", "netiquette", "cookie" and "wiki" have been voted among the most irritating words spawned by the Internet, according to a poll...
"Blogosphere", the collective name for blogs or online journals, was second; "blog" itself was third; "netiquette", or Internet etiquette, came fourth and "blook", a book based on a blog, was fifth.
Fascinating.
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I have never liked the word, "blog" and usually say "weblog" when referring to my blog. Auugh! There it is again!
Somebody needs to smack young hotshots upside the head when they name things.
I don't think "blog" and "netiquette" are on the same order of magnitude of irritating.
I call my site a "blag," thanks to xkcd. The sum total of all blags is the Blagnet, and the sum total of all wobsites is the Wobosphere.
I think this is terminology we can all live with.
Whew! Dude! I miss-read your article title... For a minute there I thoiught it said Hating The Word "Bong"!
I never liked the word blog. It just sounds ugly. Wiki is okay, but can be particularly irritating if repeated too many times.