leximaniac has adopted no words, looked up 0 words, created 0 lists, listed 0 words, written 5 comments, added 0 tags, and loved 3 words.
leximaniac has adopted no words, looked up 0 words, created 0 lists, listed 0 words, written 5 comments, added 0 tags, and loved 3 words.
Comments by leximaniac
Leximaniac commented on the word bouncebackability
Great entry slelleyftr! This is an excellent example of how a madeup word can achieve acceptability status. Great word...
March 19, 2010
Leximaniac commented on the word pentagram
We are actually talking about compound words made up from 3 words to form the end result. If we ascribe to bilby's notion then every word is multi-compound since each letter can be used to denote something else, even reference to pulp fiction novels. I mean come on... :)
March 19, 2010
Leximaniac commented on the word pentagram
How is this a 3 part word? This is made out of penta from "pente", meaning five in Greek and gram from "grammes", meaning lines (in Greek. There is no 3rd part in this word. Now if it was pentadiagram I could concurm since then we could say that the second part is the compound word diagram from diagramma (dia + gramma). I think "pentagram" should not be in this list though.
March 18, 2010
Leximaniac commented on the word hashtag spam
Spamming your message by using a popular # tag that will attract attention from trend followers.
Example Sentence: "Users of the micro-blogging site were quick to lambast the furniture chain for using "hashtag spam" - the practice of using popular topics on Twitter to pass along links to e-commerce sites or porn." (Siobhan Chapman , Computerworld UK , 06/24/2009)
September 13, 2009
Leximaniac commented on the word hashtag spam
hashtag spam
Meaning: Spamming your message by using a popular # tag that will attract attention from trend followers.
Example Sentence: "Users of the micro-blogging site were quick to lambast the furniture chain for using "hashtag spam" - the practice of using popular topics on Twitter to pass along links to e-commerce sites or porn." (Siobhan Chapman , Computerworld UK , 06/24/2009)
Due to the popularity of trending topics, opportunistic Twitterers have discovered that they can potentially reach more eyeballs if they append a trending hashtag to their tweet. The activity is known as hashtag spam, and it’s unfortunately pretty commonplace and often inappropriate, just look at Habitat’s spam tactics as an example. - Source: Mashable | Article: 10 People You Won’t See on Twitter Anymore
Habitat is a trendy furniture store, set up by Terence Conran in the 1970s, for those who’ve never been to the UK its like a slightly more upmarket version of Ikea. @HabitatUK turned up on Twitter a couple of days ago, and decided to use trending topic #hashtags at the start of their tweets to get noticed. They used ones that had absolutely nothing to do with furniture, decorating, or shopping, but obviously the top hashtags for Thursday evening AEST such as #iPhone #mms #Apple and even Australia’s Masterchef contestant who got voted off #Poh... Thanks to Twitter’s immediacy and public transparency, you can be quickly picked up on spammy behaviour - and the Twitter community made their disappointment clear to @HabitatUK. - Source: Digital Print | Article: How not to use Twitter: HabitatUK as a case study
September 13, 2009