noun Slang. Google Glass(es) Slang. A person wearing Google Glass(es)
Category Archives: Words I’ve Made Up
Mech-turking
Verb. To do a manually do a process that either is or should be automated. Usage: “I haven’t had time to launch the new version, so we’re mech-turking the database until tomorrow.” Origin: a verbing of Mechanical Turk Credit for this word goes to: Peter Fleck Another successful contribution to the pseudo-dictionary.
Opportunitize, Not Monetize
30,000 feet up, on my way to a 3-day client meeting I took a tip from Doc Searls and stared at the landscape. That altitude provides a pretty good view of the roadway branding our country like a waffle iron. While I speculate most of these stretches of pavement are unused most of the time, …
Startbucks
Based on Greg Olsen’s Going Bedouin article, “Startbucks” defines a small team of entrepreneurs, 3-5 people, working on the next great business from geographically disparate coffee houses, collaborating via internet access. In the Experience Economy, this is free office space for the price of coffee (in contrast to free coffee for the price of office …
FeedJ – Is “Feed Jockey” Dorkier than “Blogger”?
If disc jockeys combine pre-record music into a playlist to improve the mood of their audience, can the same be true for weblogs and RSS feeds? The right aggregation of websites into a single feed, with everything you want and nothing you don’t, seems akin to the work of a good DJ. A good weblog …
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post-humorus
I just received verification that my newest addition to PseudoDictionary has been accepted: post-humorus: Something that’s funny, only after the fact.
metrollectual
I’d like to thank the PseudoDictionary for accepting a ‘metrollectual’, a term Darrel Austin and I coined over instant messaging a while back. metrollectual: An urban male with a strong aesthetic sense who spends a great deal of time and money pontificating on the greatness of urban areas.