Life online has not only produced new words – old ones have taken on fresh meanings. Here are some telling examples
The sheer momentum of the digital revolution has meant that we now use words such as “unfriend” and “detag” with respectfully straight faces. Online living has enriched our vocabulary with its neologisms, but it also offers updates for our pre-digital lexicon. Old words are gaining new significance as they, like us, undertake their digital migration. What’s more, the alteration or expansion of their meanings often reflects the quirks and ironies of our networked existence. Here are five such freshly rewired words, in high definition.
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