SXSW: Linguistic Mythbusting: The Fake Language of the Web

Presentation from SXSW 2011.

When the New York Times banned the word "Tweet" from it's pages, it marked the first time a major publication had formally rejected a Internet-born branded verb. As new behaviors are created online, our culture struggles with ways to define them and often settles on flawed nomenclature. In this hour we will take a look at some of the most misleading words from the digital lexicon and try to pick a few to banish forever.

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