12.24.2012

New Words

Words of 2012
The New York Times annually identifies new words of the year. Invariably there are several communication terms:
Dox
Eastwooding
MOOC
Nomophobia
Sway
Unskew
Dox = an abeviated form of "documents" or "to document"
Eastwooding = talking to a chair
MOOC = an acronymn for Massive Open Online Course
Nomophobia = fear of being without a cell phone
Sway = an attitude of confidence and style
Unskew = to rework data to suit particular beliefs

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