I have been keeping up with tech news lately and it occurred to me that there is a whole new language that many of us over 40 really don’t understand. So in the interest of bringing the generations together, I have developed the following lexicon of tech buzzwords for easy reference:
New Word: Consume Content
Old Word: Read; Watch; Listen
New Word: BitCoin
Old Word: Monopoly Money
New Word: Gamer
Old Word: Unemployed young man
New Word: Curate
Old Word: Organize
New Word: Lifehack
Old Word: Timesaver
New Word: Pinterest
Old Word: Bulletin Board
New Word: Facebook
Old Word: Family Vacation Slideshow
New Word: Retina Display
Old Word: Really clear picture
New Word: Nano
Old Word: Very, very small
New Word: Killer App
Old Word: Popular Product
New Word: Patent Troll
Old Word: Parasite
New Word: Tweet
Old Word: Babble
New Word: Crowdsourcing
Old Word: Asking friends for help
New Word: Crowdfunding
Old Word: Panhandling
New Word: Vine
Old Word: No idea. I will have to get back to you on this one.