Guest X-QUORK Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Every now and again a new word enters the vocabulary, or possibly an old word or phrase becomes "of the moment". In the last few days we've all become familiar with the Vuvuzella, yet one week ago we'd all have had blank looks on our faces at the mention of such an odd word. Previous examples: "Something of the night about him" "Fit for purpose" "Quantatative easing" The aim of this thread is to mark when a new zeitgeist word or phrase comes into being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reck B Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Every now and again a new word enters the vocabulary, or possibly an old word or phrase becomes "of the moment". In the last few days we've all become familiar with the Vuvuzella, yet one week ago we'd all have had blank looks on our faces at the mention of such an odd word. Previous examples: "Something of the night about him" "Fit for purpose" "Quantatative easing" The aim of this thread is to mark when a new zeitgeist word or phrase comes into being. For me, one word which suddenly popped up into my life fairly recently is "meme" Is this a new word, or an old word which has found new meaning due to the internet? What does it actually mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest X-QUORK Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 For me, one word which suddenly popped up into my life fairly recently is "meme" Is this a new word, or an old word which has found new meaning due to the internet? What does it actually mean? I believe Richard Dawkins came up with the meme concept. A meme is a term used to describe concepts which last through long periods of time and are thought to somehow be influential to human development i.e. religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_ichikawa Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 For me, one word which suddenly popped up into my life fairly recently is "meme" Is this a new word, or an old word which has found new meaning due to the internet? What does it actually mean? A meme is an uncountable unit of culture. Thus an internet meme is a piece of culture derived from the internet. The unpleasant place called 4Chan develops them rather regularly (b3ta is slightly more grown up I feel) This HPC has developed Printy printy + debt is wealth 4Chan has developed 10000s of them nasty ones like Chin Chan and don't stick it in her pooper etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_ichikawa Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Previous examples: "Something of the night about him" "Fit for purpose" "Quantatative easing" The aim of this thread is to mark when a new zeitgeist word or phrase comes into being. Outsourcing Printy printy Jobs apocalypse Cnago was right Deflation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain'ard Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 A meme is an uncountable unit of culture. Thus an internet meme is a piece of culture derived from the internet. The unpleasant place called 4Chan develops them rather regularly (b3ta is slightly more grown up I feel) This HPC has developed Printy printy + debt is wealth 4Chan has developed 10000s of them nasty ones like Chin Chan and don't stick it in her pooper etc. And AWOOOOOOOOOOOOGA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ologhai Jones Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I think perhaps 'zeitgeist' itself has been something of a zeitgeist word over the last few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 The business neologisms of the millenium thus far: "Going forward". "Blue skies thinking". "Managing change". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ologhai Jones Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 The business neologisms of the millenium thus far: "Going forward". "Blue skies thinking". "Managing change". I utterly detest that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I utterly detest that one! Indeed. The favourite neologism of the mediocre manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMartinSanchez Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 The business neologisms of the millenium thus far: "Going forward". "Blue skies thinking". "Managing change". Thinking outside the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest X-QUORK Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Yes, yes, we know all these oldies...what we want are the words that suddenly flash into the collective conscience over the space of a week or so. Vuvuzella is a classic example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_ichikawa Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Yes, yes, we know all these oldies...what we want are the words that suddenly flash into the collective conscience over the space of a week or so. Vuvuzella is a classic example. Feltching? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossybabe Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I believe Richard Dawkins came up with the meme concept. A meme is a term used to describe concepts which last through long periods of time and are thought to somehow be influential to human development i.e. religion. Memetics is the study of self-replicating aspects of culture. Richard Brodie's excellent book "Virus of the Mind: The Revolutionary New Science of the Meme and How It Affects You" explains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roseland69 Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 "App". No one said this before the iphone. Did they? Think it was just good old fashioned "application" before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_ichikawa Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 "App". No one said this before the iphone. Did they? Think it was just good old fashioned "application" before... I did, I've got a folder which has survived various incarnations from PC to PC, called apps. Loads of people had them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 "App". No one said this before the iphone. Did they? Think it was just good old fashioned "application" before... ... or even "program". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indirectapproach Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Meme = tradition. And is a part of that noble progression of language where old knowledge is given a sprucey dust up with a new(ish) word. Another example, Going forward = going nowhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roseland69 Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I did, I've got a folder which has survived various incarnations from PC to PC, called apps. Loads of people had them. Really? Darn. But (and I'm flogging a dead horse here clearly) perhaps only IT geeks used it before. But now its in common parlance for any old Tom, Dick or Harry with a mobile phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMartinSanchez Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Yes, yes, we know all these oldies...what we want are the words that suddenly flash into the collective conscience over the space of a week or so. Vuvuzella is a classic example. "Bailout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corevalue Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 "Right-angle turn, work smarter, not harder" Johnathan Roth, CEO, Nortel (remember them?), about the time he cashed in CAN$135 million in shares. Seems he did a right-angled turn, smartly trousered the cash and legged it. I think it's the "new paradigm" amonst CEO's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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