[Air-L] Metaphors in Technology

chodge5 at utk.edu chodge5 at utk.edu
Mon Jun 30 08:26:23 PDT 2008


Urban Dictionary is a good reference (in general)
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=e-peen

-c


On Sun, 29 Jun 2008, Gordon Carlson wrote:

> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:59:43 -0500
> From: Gordon Carlson <gordycarlson at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Metaphors in Technology
> 
> Thank you all for your help so far.  I have added all your recent
> comments to the list.
> 
> I will be honest, I love the Net and its slang but have never heard
> the term epeen or a related one.  Wow.  The Internet is a scary
> place/idea/destination/highway/car/tube.  Much like the Wild
> West...ooh, need to add that one...
> 
> In case anyone is counting here is a newer list with the additions
> thus far.  Thanks again and please do keep them coming!
> 
> -Gordy
> 
> active and inactive
> bandwidth
> blog - web log??
> blogosphere
> breadcrumbs
> brick and mortar
> broadband
> broken record (not digital but still a technology metaphor)
> bulletin boards
> calculating (as in a person is cold and calculating)
> car (and associated metaphors)
> chat "rooms"
> chatting
> citizen of the internet - netizen
> click
> cloud (storage and computing)
> connection/disconnection
> cyberspace
> dashboard
> database
> deckware
> desktop
> disease (as in internet as disease)
> dial a touch phone
> dial up internet access
> dialog boxes
> directory
> domain
> drop a packet
> email
> engine
> extranet
> files
> filing system
> firewall
> flame
> flaming
> folders
> forum
> forward (as in to forward an email)
> frames
> frontier
> garbage can
> garbage in, garbage out
> gateway
> grinding (used in gaming to get lots of a resource)
> harvesting
> hit
> homepage
> hotspot
> hub
> inbox
> information superhighway
> instant messaging
> intranet
> link
> lurking
> menu
> mining, especially data mining
> mouse
> navigation
> objects (in programming)
> offline
> online
> open (as in a file or email)
> outbox
> owning someone (as in to defeat someone in a game, not unique to
> technology basis for pwned)
> palette
> portal
> programmed or hardwired people
> protocol
> quad (a couple people mentioned this but I don't know why it is a
> metaphor, any help?)
> recycle bin
> reply
> reserving a "seat" for an online course
> rolling (as in a character in DD)
> rolling your own
> run
> search engine
> server
> shopping carts/basket
> slides in powerpoint
> space (a place you can go or occupy a volume)
> spam
> speed dial (Opera browser)
> spyware
> surfing
> tabs
> tag
> tap (as in a line or phone which is no longer literal)
> terminal
> the computer going to "sleep" or hibernate
> the whole concept of a virtual open house
> transportation (and all associated internet metaphors)
> tree
> trojan horse
> trolling
> tubes (as in not a dump truck - ah, the great Senator Stevens...)
> virus
> windows
> wiping out a team of players (gaming, not unique to technology)
> world wide web
> worm
> word of mouse
> browsing
> scrolling up and down
> computer hibernating
> e-peen or e-penis (as in a slang term for ego online)
> Internet male
> word of mouse
> ding (as in to gain a level in a game)
> wild west
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Chris Hodge
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