Tag Archives: argot
“Textese”
Textese (tekst / eeze) – noun – An idiom used for texting brief messages on smart phones; now used widely for other communications as well. Characterized by abbreviations (U=you, yr=your). Var. Twitterese. Sue Shellenbarger of the Wall Street Journal offers … Continue reading
“Yottabyte”
Yottabyte – noun. The largest unit of measure for computer data, equal to a septillion bytes (2 to the 80th power). If written out, the figure is 1 followed by 24 zeros. By comparison, a gigabyte is 1 followed by … Continue reading
Disintermediation (noun) – First known use: 1967
1. The elimination of an intermediary in a transaction between two parties. “Siri (on Apple’s 4S iPhone) is the start of disintermediation from Google search… users of Siri are consistently bypassing Google.” 2. The diversion of savings from accounts with … Continue reading