The Internet's 10 Most irritating words

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IRC? Those came from other sectors than IRC.
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Yes, I am aware of that, but its every second word in IRC.

Not just an occassional word here and there.
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Depends on the channel. ;) Scriptkiddie channel(s)? Yes, I'd agree. Penguin channel(s)? I couldn't agree.
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Some channels dont have as many idiots, but its still 99% of the channels which do have idiots in them.
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ReDucTor wrote:6. ajax (really does this need its own name?)
Considering we always say that JavaScript is client-side, if it didn't have it's own name, all of that would be invalid. Why would programmers, invalidate themselves? :P
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most annoying word on the internet has to "LOL" people use it like damn punctuation these days
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For me, it's not so much a word, as a prefix: my-

myspace
myCnn
myDocuments
... GAR!

I *hate* that. Of course their my freakin' documents, it's on MY computer.... you can't escape it!

I also could live with the word "solution" being toned way down. Not every script or tech support call needs to be referred to as a "solution".
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The only thing I don't get is how a service can stay "beta" for years over. I just wonder if they'll ever get rid of the word "beta," or if they just think it sounds cool.
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Re: The Internet's 10 Most irritating words

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thiscatis wrote:8. Social Networking
This one does not fit with the list AT ALL. All others are Internet buzzwords or jargon. But Social Network is a term that's been used by social scientists since the 50s, and obviously applies to more than the Internet.
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* 2.0 (Web, Business, Enterprise, etc)
Any AOL Speak or LEET speak abbreviations
Anything that stays in public beta for its entire lifecycle
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