NY Times 2008 Buzzwords FTW!
Word nerd? Design nerd? Font nerd? Whatever your nerdly predilection you are sure to enjoy The New York Times’ beautifully-illustrated piece on The Buzzwords of 2008.
The list is mostly political buzzwords though a few Web-centric ones made the cut (see Fail above). I was really hoping to see FTW on the list, but it was shut out. For old-timers like me FTW had a vastly different meaning than For the Win. I had to do some googling to figure out what the heck was going on. And I learned, thanks to netforbeginners, that I wasn’t the only one a bit confused by the new TLA (three letter acronym).
I also learned, from my boss, that FTW is a Hollywood Squares reference (e.g. “I’ll take Whoppi for the win.”) and has nothing to do with hockey like I thought.
So, I am taking FTW as my favorite buzzword(s) for 2008. What was yours?
