November 27, 2006, 15:01
shufitz"Crackberry" - Word of the Year
USA Today: "
Crackberry" is the winner of the 2006 Word-of-the-Year contest by the Webster's New World College Dictionary staff. Crackberry is a pun on the popular Blackberry PDA for its addictive constant-flow-of-communication quality. Among other contenders:
neuroeconomics (an emerging field studying emotions activated in financial decisions) and
carbon footprint (the effect one's daily activities, such as washing clothes or driving to work, have on the environment).
November 27, 2006, 19:58
KallehI bet the Treo people are mad!
November 29, 2006, 18:25
wordmaticquote:
Originally posted by Kalleh:
I bet the Treo people are mad!
Don't you mean the "Cracktreo" people?
WM
November 29, 2006, 20:41
KallehOur company gives us a Treo, and I am secretly jealous that I don't have the Blackberry that everyone else seems to have.
November 30, 2006, 18:38
<Asa Lovejoy>The company for which I work gives us pencils and notepads. Never runs out of electrons.
November 30, 2006, 21:04
KallehWell, in all fairness, I do travel a lot and have to keep up with email.
Remember the days of no email? I remember not that long ago when my colleague put her email address on her business card; I thought she was crazy. Now...that's practically the only way people communicate!