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The ten most hated words on the Internet

arstechnica.com — Pollsters produce the ten most-loathed words on the web, and we add a few of our own.

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  • ablez3, on 10/11/2007, -10/+174TEN MOST BREAKING PICTURES OF UBUNTU RUNNING ON THE IPHONE ON THE INTERNET WITH PICS!!!!
  • lordtyros, on 10/11/2007, -14/+1461. Digged
  • moocow1452, on 10/11/2007, -7/+102
    10. “Chump”
    9. “Chumpette”
    8. “Yours”
    7. “Up”
    6. “Pimpmobile”
    5. “Bite”
    4. “My”
    3. “Shiny”
    2. “Daffodil”
    1. “Ass”
  • korupture, on 10/11/2007, -5/+68Amazing!!
  • Wailord, on 10/11/2007, -5/+61Missing BREAKING, AMAZING, STUNNING, as well as INCREDIBLE.
  • oyourmom, on 10/11/2007, -3/+55What about BETA?! Its on everything now!
  • miniboss, on 10/11/2007, -2/+47What about LOL. It takes a real psychopath to "laugh out loud" as often as some of these people claim to be doing.
  • janeuner, on 10/11/2007, -1/+39bash.org #14207:
    HOW THE $%^& CAN YOU TELL THAT I'M 13 BY LOOKING AT WHAT I'M WRITEING?????????????????????????????????????????????????????
  • hadak, on 10/11/2007, -4/+41can i add 'orly'?
  • punch, on 10/11/2007, -8/+44I wish "FTW" was on there.
  • RoboPimp3000, on 10/11/2007, -9/+4211. PWN
  • xerus, on 10/11/2007, -5/+35I absolutely hate the usage of "pwned" "owned" or any other spelling of the words used outside of an online game. It used to be a rare and occasion in a game where you absolutely "own" or "pwn" someone, or an entire team, but now every god damn video and picture online has "OWNEd#33 OWppwNEd ePOONED!!133wned" written all over it. The words have lost all meaning.
  • hyaena, on 10/11/2007, -1/+30cookies are delicious

    They're not a buzzword like the rest.
  • anti_hax0r, on 10/11/2007, -3/+30teh
  • Jwoey, on 10/11/2007, -1/+28http://xkcd.com/c181.html

    BlagoWeb
  • Radan, on 10/11/2007, -0/+26YA RLY!
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -6/+29 * folksonomy
    * Blogosphere
    * Blog
    * Netiquette
    * Blook (don't ask)
    * Webinar
    * Vlog
    * Social Networking
    * Cookie
    * Wiki

    Honorable mention (the Ars author's own opinion):
    AJAXify.
    Web 3.0.
    Podcast.
    Crowdsourcing.
    Flash mobs.
  • dtd00d, on 10/11/2007, -0/+22NO WAI!
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+21KTHXBAI
  • rhabd0mancer, on 10/11/2007, -4/+25fanboi
  • Buckiller, on 10/11/2007, -0/+20wow... thanks goodness others feel the same way I do about:
    # Blogosphere
    # Blog

    I freaking hate those. When I hear blogosphere being said on the news I want to puke.
  • trer, on 10/11/2007, -1/+20kthxbye

    annoys the ***** out of me.
  • cptn_cardboard, on 10/11/2007, -1/+19"double-you, double-you, double-you dot"

    not one word, but still nails on a chalkboard. Especially if said by an older person on tv, like a news anchor.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+20Viral or Viral Marketing is mine. People think if they fall for viral marketing that they are not a sucker.

    Think again.
  • jrbrewin, on 10/11/2007, -4/+22micro$oft
  • cptn_cardboard, on 10/11/2007, -0/+17SRSLY?
  • anachronaut, on 10/11/2007, -1/+18My number one pet peeve is "rediculous". It shows up 1,630,000 times on Google. Oh, the humanity.

    I remain convinced that we'll be back to using hieroglyphics in 20 years and grunting unintelligibly at each other in 40 years or so if trends like that keep up.
  • krist69, on 10/11/2007, -1/+18id like someone to make ROFL disappear. thanks.
  • mattcoady, on 10/11/2007, -6/+21v1agra
  • nerditup, on 10/11/2007, -0/+15LOLZ!
  • srodolff, on 10/11/2007, -1/+15How about webisode?

  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+15BEST 'something' EVER!!!!
  • digitalcassette, on 10/11/2007, -3/+15Social Networking is a phrase not a word.

    and who in the hell hates the word cookie??? besides a celiac that is and even they have some gluten free alternatives
  • AncientWeird, on 10/11/2007, -1/+13@rpgmaker

    For certain people, It is.

    /huddled in corner, weeping
  • guimonkey, on 10/11/2007, -3/+14first!
  • ExSlashdotter, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12I want to add 'bluetooth'.

    I know I've said this before, but you can't 'talk on a bluetooth' or 'wear a bluetooth' any more than you can 'ride in an unleaded gasoline' or 'surf the TCP/IP'

    Bluetooth: short-range wireless radio technology that allows electronic devices to connect to one another.

    Headset: A device that is equivalent to a telephone handset in functionality, but is designed to fit around the person's head for more comfort by leaving both hands free.

    They're not the same, people.
  • Jwoey, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11I'm trying to imagine the difference. Are they like... separating each syllable by a couple seconds or something? Do you just hate when people enunciate? talk slowly? confused!
  • fivestarsoul, on 10/11/2007, -5/+16I DID! WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT?!
  • Ventolin, on 10/11/2007, -4/+14Didn't Maddox do an article similar to this?
  • bedouin, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10Where is 'fanboy?'
  • mywhitenoise, on 10/11/2007, -2/+11pr0n, l33t, the winz, web 2.0, omg, lol, pwnz, FTW!!!!
  • arcooke, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9I actually thought Wikipedia was a catchy name at first... but now everything has it's own wiki and the word is really starting to wear on my nerves.
  • mrmacky, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9Having Celiac Disease myself, you can purchase gluten-free flour, it's just a helluva lot more expensive and tastes a lot worse, but at least I get me some cookies :)
  • arcooke, on 10/11/2007, -4/+12I agree completely.. I absolutely can't stand "FTW". So childish.. and WAY overused.
  • rayishu, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1211. First!!
  • Katana314, on 10/11/2007, -4/+12My two most hated.
    2. Blog
    1. PODCAST
    Apple unfairly attempted to brand a way of doing things that was not such an inventive thing, and was actually already done beforehand. It in no way relates to iPods either.
  • jguy584, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9How could you forget AMAZING!?
  • piper999, on 10/11/2007, -3/+11I wish 'jump' was on there as in 'after the jump' used by clueless ***** who obviously don't even know what it means.

  • Namco, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9#2: i
  • Jenovaside, on 10/11/2007, -2/+912: 1337 - it would be on there IF IT WAS A ***** WORD; BUT ITS NOT , SO DON'T USE IT AS ONE.
    /rant
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