If Wishes Were Jessica Alba..

... I Would be Very, Very, Very Happy.

A Lister

Like most people worth their blog, I am publishing a list. Yes. But, of 10 words inspired by people this year.
These are completely my opinions. 
They do not reflect any organization's beliefs. Nor my family's beliefs. 
Friends, maybe.


Here goeth, in no particular order -


Baba Ramdev, verb


meaning - to put your foot in your mouth, figuratively. Literal application provides bonus points.


usage - When she comes up to talk to him, Raj does a Baba Ramdev and ends up leaving quickly.

also: Thesaurus suggests Shilpa Shetty.
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Bdutt, verb


meaning - compromise on integrity for some purpose and then defend it like a blind fool


usage - You wouldn't hesitate to go all Bdutt on me if I ever accused you of sleeping with her.

also: Can be used with CNN.
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di Caprio, verb


meaning - to change so much over a period of time that people don't even believe it

usage - She has really pulled a di Caprio at that rehab center, even her parents find it difficult to recognize her.

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Palinize, reverb


meaning - confusion leading to mixing words to create new words; also, to be generally stoopid.


usage - She Palinized the essay by writing that the crowd should maintain dequorum.

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Digvijing, verb


meaning - theorize conspiracies and have a chronic habit of spreading lies


usage - She is so good at Digvijjing that she made her boyfriend think it was like his fault and all.

also - The word seems to be related to Kalmadify.
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Walesian, adjective


meaning - to mount an overtly aggressive campaign while putting up a passive public face


usage - This new cellular company has decided to launch a Walesian ad strategy to beg for subscribers.

also - Yahoo! could be used as a swear-word in such sentences.
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Holbrooke, noun

meaning - find a solution for long standing tedious problems

usage - That old IT head is a regular Holbrooke. Pity to see him retire.

also - see Obamanate, claim great credit for doing virtually nothing.
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Sonia, noun


meaning - say the right words but not mean anything


usage - He speaks like a Sonia. Just saying the right hollow words, without any real substance.


also - see Manmohan.
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Assanged, verb

meaning - prosecuted for something when you are actually meant to be prosecuted for something else

usage - My friend totally got Assanged; was stealing paper from work for a long time, but he got busted last 

week while whisking a stapler.

also - Assange, noun: to look like a Bond villain.

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Saching, ?

meaning - make small values or incidents into epic events of epicness; be generally great at something

usage - The marketing head is really good at Saching the numbers.

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That is it from me.

I got something wrong? You got something else? Something you wanna confess? Something you wanna curse? Drop a comment. I promise not to bite. 

The Internet Rules III - Top 00001010

10 of the most noteworthy incidents on the Internet from this past year. 2010 has been very interesting.

If you’re an avid Web user, you are bound to recognize several of them.

Let’s get started. Each event has a link associated with it. Click to learn more.

Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales #facepalm #fail campaign

WordPress.com’s big-blog crash

Google's privacy bloopers

China Vs. the Internet

Twitter’s Whale worries

Facebook’s movie

BPGlobalPR

Paypal’s problems

Tumblr’s tumble

The Wikileaks drama is without a doubt the Internet incident of the year.

Hopefully 2011 will be a less eventful year, but I wouldn’t count on it.

A Very Dexter-ish Xmas

These are all my wishes/ These are all my dreams.
Treat them right/ Or I will have to wrap you up.... *tight*
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A TO Z

LARGER VERSION

I had time. The idea was germinating for quite some time now. It didn't take long. But I am not much of a videogame enthusiast.
Picked Meraj and Nishant's fertile, idle brains and manufactured this.

Identify the alphabet and drop it in the comments.

The Internet Rules II - Facts

This blog post is brought to you by Jesus H. Christ. You can find him here.


"You can't handle the truth!" As Jack Nicholson shouts, rather loudly, in A Few Good Men.

Facts. They are everywhere. Either You hate them or you barely tolerate them. No one really likes them. Contrary to popular belief, the internet is not just a bundle of lies. It is not even this box.
It has facts strewn all over the place. Only a troll knows, where to find them.

Before I start sounding like Charlie Sheen at an open-bar gala, I'll let the Facts speak for themselves.

#1. The Week - It has always been like this.

#2. Doom - Still Awesome

#3. Posturing - On the Internet, it can get you a few lols.

#4. People - They Suck. Bottomline

#5. Minds - They are pretty predictable. Or so my mind *must* be thinking