In RetroTech: NetLingo Blog

Tracking tech trends and how the internet is changing our lives.

December 15, 2023

NETLINGO 2023 WORD OF THE YEAR: AI

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It's inevitable. Robots are going to take over. In addition to hardware bots, software algorithms have now infiltrated our online lives....
December 15, 2022

NetLingo 2022 Word of the Year: Hybrid Work

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One of my favorite things about tracking internet terms for 30 years now (!) is seeing how the jargon morphs. There are so many words that a...
December 18, 2021

NetLingo 2021 Word of the Year: NFT

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People ask me all the time, WTF is an NFT?  NFT stands for Non Fungible Token which is an individual, unique digital asset held on the   blo...
December 22, 2020

NetLingo 2020 Word of the Year: Zoom

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Zoom video conferencing software usage exploded in 2020, also known as the "year of the Covid-19 pandemic." It was many people...
December 21, 2019

NetLingo 2019 Word of the Year: woke

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It's always interesting to view history in retrospect. The year of 2019 brought about massive changes and in the minds of many people, y...
November 24, 2019

About Time... Merriam-Webster adds "Brand-New" Words in 2019

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Brand new? I think not... I'm surprised the following terms were just added in 2019 to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary! According to M...
October 15, 2019

Big Box Stores = America's New Oligopoly

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And like most things that end in "opoly" it's the consumers, who pay the price. What is an oligopoly you ask? It refers to a s...
September 10, 2019

Antitrust: DOJ review targets Big Tech

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Well they're finally asking the question: Does Big Tech abuse its power? The federal government has unleashed its full investigative pow...
August 1, 2019

Our Language Is Evolving, 'Because Internet'

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What a fantastic book review, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language, as seen on NPR.com ! I am super impressed with l...
July 17, 2019

Good for France for Approving Tax On Big Tech

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The recent headline "France Approves Tax On Big Tech, And U.S. Threatens To Retaliate" generated  mixed emotions until I drilled ...
June 3, 2019

From Airplane Mode to Zombieing - The New Top 50 Online Dating Terms

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Lately I've received a huge influx of online dating jargon so I just had to compile this crazy new Top 50 List of Online Dating Terms!...
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