TOP SEARCH TERMS. They are essential for online marketers. They are must-knows for writers. And just plain fun for folks who love the use and creation of new words and phrases. I know that I love them and keep a recycled-paper notebook next to my desktop where I write down my latest finds.
Over the years, we've seen crackberry, camgirl, retrosexual, neurodiversity, sanalika, radioblog, bluejacking, ecopsychology, Google bombing, grasstops and (a personal favorite - and that's no humblebrag) Wuving!
This year, we've seen Eurogeddon, Frankenstorm, hackathon, egotastic, brogrammer, Experienceie, cisgender, bustaraunt, purenudism, binders of women, walmart walkout and fat finger trade.
And here are my picks for the top search words and phrases of the year.
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Top 10 Search Phrases of 2012:
1. Flirtationship - More than just friendship, but only by a bit. A relationship based on flirtation, maybe mostly online.
2. SMIDSY - "Sorry, mate, I didn't see you!" SMIDSY comes as a driver's response in England to a near miss or accident involving the car/truck driver and a stunned biker.
3. Word of Post - In the age of the Web, word of mouth isn't nearly as fast or effective as a Blog post.
4. Spectrumy - used originally in the psychological study of autism, Spectrumy refers to a person's ability to see across a spectrum of ideas -- the top inventors and cybergeniuses are this way.
5. Faithiests - The new Faithiests don't attend Church or organized religious events -- and yet they still believe in Something Spiritual.
6. Digital Dualism - A belief that words can have different meanings online and when spoken in person.
7. Doorer - A person who swings open his/her car door without looking -- to the shock of the cyclist (or second car driver) who runs into the door. "I just got doored!"
8. Zombees - Live bees who have been tagged with tiny little radio trackers.
9. Lolbertarians - Or LOLbertarians - are internet libertarians who believe that anything goes and that they can say ANYTHING.
10. Patchwriting - Lazy journalism or thesis writing involving copy-and-pasting an online article and changing a few words with synonyms, claiming the finished work as your own original effort.
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But wait! There's More! The NEXT 10 Top Search Phrases of 2012 were:
11. MOOC - Massive Online Open Courses are the latest in internet education.
12. Racebending - a new word for an old practice: an actor playing a character of another race. For decades, white men played First Nations "Injuns."
13. Twitchfork - Twitchforks are posts or phrases used online (especially Twitter) to attack other people.
14. Nomophobia - The really powerful fear of being without your cell phone or mobile.
15. Mansplaining - A guy, usually a jock, explaining something with complete authority, even if they have no idea what they are talking about.
16. Selfies - photos of yourself, usually taken in a mirror in the comfort and security of your own home. Aka self-shots or mirror shots. Selfies are commonly used on social media profiles and online dating sites (there are also Naked Selfies, usually female, and usually taken secretly in a bathroom mirror and put online, producing the ultimate mixed reality: cuddletech and mousetrapping -- but watch out for the honeynets).
17. Orange Collar - Workers in the high paid, high skilled jobs, often technical.
18. Babylag - aka Baby Lag - women who work a full work shift, attend assorted functions, look after their household -- and still raise a baby, are usually VERY tired, suffering from "Baby Lag."
19. Ineptocracy - The modern tendency for the incompetent to rise to positions of power, both in business and government. Acomplished by those best at kissing their boss's behind -- while verbally back-stabbing their co-workers. A new term for a very old method of advancement. Some say that Ineptocracies eventually lead to "stupidity overload" of a society -- leading to things like the Collapse of the Roman Empire. And...
20. Omnishambles - A Mess! Either a person, place or thing -- whatever it is, it looks like a bomb just went off.
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