'Blog', 'cookie', 'wiki' top list of hated Internet words: poll

[Ace]

LONDON (AFP) - "Blog", "netiquette", "cookie" and "wiki" have been voted among the most irritating words spawned by the Internet, according to the results of a poll published Thursday.

Topping the list of words most likely to make web users "wince, shudder or want to bang your head on the keyboard" was folksonomy, a term for a web classification system.

"Blogosphere", the collective name for blogs or online journals, was second; "blog" itself was third; "netiquette", or Internet etiquette, came fourth and "blook", a book based on a blog, was fifth.

"Cookie", a file sent to a user's computer after they visit a website, came in ninth, while "wiki", a collaborative website edited by its readers, was tenth.

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Let's hear it TD. What are some of the words you hate to see that were created by the internet?

I don't like the word blog...can't think of any others right now but i'll be thinking

[HEDDY]

A blog is short for weblog. You're right it is a weird word. Reminds me of blob.

[Dreamear]

i can't stand lol its completely over used... of course.. i say this as I lol all day long because it's easier to type.