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New word Order
The Macquarie Dictionar word of the year committee has chosen these new words in the annual update of their online version.
- Pod slurping: the downloading of large quantities of data to an MP3 player or memory stick from a computer
- Infomania:the tendency to give immediate attention to incoming messages such as e-mail and text messages, resulting in constant distraction and a corresponding drop in the recipient’s attention levels and work performance
- Slummy mummy: a mother of young children who has abandoned all care for her personal apperance
- Password fatigue:the level of frustration caused by having too many different passwords to rememeber
- Bloatware:Software that takes up a large amount of memory but has, in proportion to the space it takes up, minimal functionality
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