Geekspeak, Part 2

Aug 3rd, 2008 by Addy | 0

The term geekspeak refers to arcane jargon or a special vocabulary popularized by individuals immersed in computers and other fields of IT-which, coincidentally, is geekspeak for Information Technology. Most geekspeakers are blissfully oblivious and don’t realize that they’re speaking in digital tongues. If you happen to be at the receiving end of such discourse, the experience can enlightening in an eye-glazing, put-a-bullet-in-my-head kind of way. As the vast computer-using public becomes increasingly comfortable with technology, terms that may have formerly been considered geek become more familiar and may even become part of an unsuspecting individual’s daily vernacular.


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Geekspeak, Part 1

Jul 22nd, 2008 by Addy | 0

The term geekspeak refers to arcane jargon, special vocabulary, or speaking in tongues popularized by individuals immersed in computers and other fields of IT-which, coincidentally, is geekspeak for Information Technology. Most geekspeakers are blissfully oblivious and don’t realize that they’re speaking in digital tongues. If you happen to be at the receiving end, the experience can enlightening in an eye-glazing, put-a-bullet-in-my-head kind of way. As the great computer-using public becomes increasingly comfortable with technology, terms that may have formerly been considered geek become more familiar and may even become part of an unsuspecting individual’s daily vernacular.


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