Top 10 Internet Famous Words

Typically it takes years or decades for a word to permeate the popular lexicon of society. However, since we live in the age of the internet, and strictly adhere to its sped-up version of time-space, those months and years have been compressed down to weeks and months. Contributing to the proliferation of these memes is the symbiotic relationship between secondary school kids, college students with time on their hands and basement dwelling .

10. Genious – Often seen in its native habitat of message boards, blog comments or MySpace, this alternative spelling of “genius” shows the person who posted it, really isn’t one.

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9. w00t – An expression of enthusiasm. Notice the cleverly placed zero’s instead of the letter “o”.

8. pr0n – Again, notice the clever spelling of a word with the number zero, instead of the letter “o”. However, this time, in a surprise twist the letters in the word have been transposed to create an entirely new word all together. w00t!

7. Google - If you didn’t know that the misspelling of “googol” could be used as a verb, then you should Google it.

6. LAWL - First it was “LOL”, then slowly it evolved to people saying it in everyday conversation and pronouncing it as “loll” (think “lolly-pop”.) It then came full circle, and we got the internet-ized spelling of “LAWL” which means to laugh out loud. But, instead of typing three letters with “LOL”, cool kids type this four letter word.

5. MILF – Mother I’d Like (to) Fu…fondle. Originally meant as an endearing compliment to a woman who has gone through the accouchement process, and has still managed to keep herself physically appealing. Perform an internet search for the term now, and be prepared to be inundated with pr0n.

4. Pwned – Originally has roots in from the online gamer world’s “owned”, this word came about as a result of a typo of the letters “o” and “p”. The rest is history.

3. meh – The ultimate expression of indifference. This originated in geeky marijuana cigarette smoke filled dorm rooms of Stanford.

2. Facebook/MySpace – Not the websites per-se… but the verb. People use “Do you have “Facebook/MySpace” in the same way that one uses “Do you have AIDS?” or “Do you have heroin?”. These social sites take up as much time as dealing with an immune deficiency syndrome or sustaining an illicit opiate addiction, so their membership should be confirmed in the same way.

1. WTF – Thanks to portly bespeckled nerds, this has made the leap from just being typed out on a keyboard, to face-to-face conversations as “Double-You, Tee, Eff”. OMG-STFU-IMHO-NAFTA!

Honorable mention…

WoW – Now, this one I am the most angry about. This word used to convey an expression of surprise. But ever since the Dungeons and Dragons geekfest was overtaken by World Of Warcraft, this unfortunate acronym for their shitty mmorpg game.