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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

Blog and wiki are four-letter words, but you hate blogosphere more

A YouGov survey of 2,091 adults (commissioned by the Lulu Blooker Prize) says folksonomy is the word most likely to make web users "wince, shudder or want to bang your head on the keyboard", reports AFP. It came ahead of blogosphere, which I know I use a lot....

For reference, the top 10 was: folksonomy, blogosphere, blog, netiquette, blook, webinar, vlog, social networking, cookie, and wiki.

Unfortunately the report doesn't provide any suggestions for words that could be used instead. Any ideas?

Update: My apologies for the typing error in the headline, which I have now corrected.....

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