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Jargon Watch: A Pocket Dictionary for the Jitterati
Jargon Watch A Pocket Dictionary for the Jitterati Author:Gareth Branwyn Jitterati -- 1. What the digital generation becomes after tanking up on too much coffee; 2. fear and anxiety associated with not speaking the latest jargon, acronyms, and buzz-words of the Digital Revolution.Every era in America has its own language, every new culture its own lingo. Jargon Watch documents the tortured and often hilarious new ter... more »minology that comes out of the high-pressure work environments of Silicon Valley, midtown Manhattan, Hollywood, and South Park, San Francisco. It is in these knowledge factories that 21st-century culture is being built.
Every day, Gareth Branwyn culls through the terms sent in by dozens of contributors who work in these fast-paced worlds. Jargon Watch captures the language of the new American culture while mocking its newness. Ultimately, many of these words will enter mainstream English. Without Jargon Watch who in the year 2010 would remember how these terms came into existence?« less