‘Sexting’ officially named most annoying technology word

Sexting has officially been voted the most annoying technology word in a new poll conducted by YouGov on behalf of Computeractive, a first of its kind built around combatting the rise is ‘Techlish’ – a word clearly mashed together between tech and English. In the poll results, of which 2,054 people entered, ‘Sexting’ came out with a whopping 24% of votes whilst in second place, with just over half as much at 13%, ‘Intexicated’ rolled in. You can check out the official poll results below which include ‘Twitpic’ and ‘Dot-bomb’, the latter of which personally gets on my nerves.

Rank    Word    % Vote
1.    Sexting    24
2.    Intexticated    13
3.    Defriend    8
4.    Twittersphere     7
5.    Tweetup    6
6.    Hacktivist    5
7.    Clickjacking    4
8.=    Twitpic    3
8.=    Scareware    3
8.=     Dot-bomb    3
Don’t know: 13%
Not applicable/None qualify: 12%

• And What They Mean:
1. sexting: The sending of sexually explicit photographs or messages by mobile
phone
2. intexticated: Unable to concentrate while driving because of being distracted
by texting.
3. defriend: To remove someone from one’s list of friends on a social networking
site.
4. Twittersphere: The collective noun for all postings/Tweets on Twitter.
5. Tweetup: A meeting or get-together that has been organized via Tweets on
Twitter.
6. hacktivist: Someone who hacks into computer data as a form of activism.
7. clickjacking: Maliciously manipulating a web-user’s action by concealed
hyperlinks.
8.= Twitpic: A picture posted as a Tweet on Twitter.
8.= scareware: A malicious program designed to trick users into buying
unnecessary software such as fake antivirus protection.
8.= dot-bomb: An Internet venture (dotcom) that has failed and/or gone bankrupt.

Via: ComputerActive