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  • June 2008
    • Doobly? Fipper? What Do You Call the Remote?

      Doobly? Fipper? What Do You Call the Remote?

      (Newser) - The English Project is looking for unique words used among friends and families, and it's found a particularly rich vein in alternative terms for the TV remote control, the Guardian of London reports. Favorites include: doobly, podger, blipper melly, didge, clicker More »

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      language   TV remote control   slang

  • May 2008
    • Chinese Create Slang for New Technology

      Chinese Create Slang for New Technology

      (Newser) - New technology has kids in China generating their own modern lingo, I.D. Magazine reports. The millennia-old Mandarin language lacks terms for things like cell phones (which go as shou ji , or "hand machine") and USB (which goes as yo pan , a word created partly phonetically), forcing users to resort to slang. The new words are spread through television and other pop culture. More »

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      China   technology   language   Mandarin   slang

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