BUZZWORDS

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*deepfake; an image or recording that has been convincingly altered to misrepresent someone as doing or saying something that was not actually done or said

*jerkweed; an obnoxious, detestable, or stupid person

*side-eye; show you’re annoyed and don’t approve of them or their behaviour.

*Earworm: a song or tune that, once you’ve heard it, is stuck in your head.

*Binge-watch; watching multiple episodes of a TV show, one after another, in a single sitting

Text by Natalia Wojciechowicz klasa 1c

Drawings by Amelia Gapińska klasa 1a

noun [uncountable]

using the Internet where you work, during working hours, for activities which are not work-related

cyberloaf
verb [intransitive]

cyberloafer
noun [countable]

'Are you a Cyberloafer? … Cyberloafing is anytime you're on the web at work doing non-work-related activities. The study finds that 60 to 80 percent of the time workers spend on the Internet on the job is spent doing things that have nothing to do with work.'
NBC WKTV NEWS 4TH FEBRUARY 2013

'About 97% of men and 85% of women reported that it was acceptable for employees to cyberloaf at the workplace. In general, our findings suggested that men cyberloafed more frequently and for longer duration than women.'
NUS BUSINESS SCHOOL [SINGAPORE] NOVEMBER 2009

false or sensitive information that spreads very rapidly over the Internet

'World Economic Forum Flags 'Digital Wildfires' As Risk to Global Stability … Global political and economic experts believe that false information spread on social networks could cause political and economic unrest …'

SOCIAL TIMES 8TH JANUARY 2013

an extreme interest in your own life, appearance and problems,
caused by obsessive use of the Facebook social networking service

Facebook narcissist
noun [countable]

'Pouty photos and endless updates are signs of Facebook narcissism … Obsessively updating your status and posting pouty profile photos on Facebook could make you an online narcissist.'
NEWS.COM.AU, AUSTRALIA 30TH AUGUST 2010

'Do you regularly update your Facebook status, write wall posts,
or publish overtly sexy profile photos? If you answered "yes"
to any of these questions, you may be a Facebook narcissist …'
CNBC 27TH AUGUST 2010

verb [intransitive]
to smile with your eyes
smize
noun [countable]
a smile with your eyes

'Amanda smized for the camera as she cuddled up next to her husband-to-be in the photo.'
IN TOUCH WEEKLY 26TH JUNE 2020

'Between her fierce smize and insanely charming smile, it looks as though little Blaze was made for the camera.'
BRAVO 17TH FEBRUARY 2020

noun [countable]

an emoji (= small image or symbol in electronic communication) that users click to show a reaction to something on social media

'You can also skip polling tools with this simple hack: Write your question and provide possible answers with reacji. Your teammates will figure out that they should add the appropriate reacji to the question to show their preference.'

PCMAG 18TH MARCH 2019