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16. "verbing weirds language" - I believe that is the way Calvin phrased it

Thu Dec 29, 2016, 08:23 PM

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Am I the only one seriously annoyed by the new term "cyber?" [View all] Atman Dec 2016 OP

your tone sounds a bit pitchy. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #1

out in cyber space used to be one of my favorite sayings madokie Dec 2016 #2

. Johnathan146 Dec 2016 #3

Nope. Exactly the opposite. Atman Dec 2016 #5

. demmiblue Dec 2016 #4

That is exactly what comes to my mind when I hear "cyber"! csziggy Dec 2016 #20

The MSM trying to sound "cool" with ridiculous lingo. Oneironaut Dec 2016 #6

Wait a minute...I'm twittering. Atman Dec 2016 #7

That's a "jaw dropping" post! n/t KatyMan Dec 2016 #10

No, I loathe it muriel_volestrangler Dec 2016 #8

Trump didn't invent the term fescuerescue Dec 2016 #13

I looked up the earliest forms in the Oxford English Dictionary muriel_volestrangler Dec 2016 #17

Nope Egnever Dec 2016 #9

hate it hate it hate it. And it's my business. fescuerescue Dec 2016 #11

Cybersecurity is an actual degree now and my son is getting it sarah FAILIN Dec 2016 #12

I've been working in information security for 20 years fescuerescue Dec 2016 #14

it's just a word so it doesn't bother me. sarah FAILIN Dec 2016 #15

Nice post, cyberatman!! madinmaryland Dec 2016 #18

I hate it. cyberswede Dec 2016 #21

That's why the word caught on. fescuerescue Dec 2016 #23