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March 14, 2021
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

Turd Press or TurdPress (WordPress nickname)

WordPress (WP) is a free and open-source content management system. People who dislike WP have called it "TurdPress" or "Turd Press." "Turdpress" was posted on the…

March 14, 2021
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

TurdPress or Turd Press (WordPress nickname)

WordPress (WP) is a free and open-source content management system. People who dislike WP have called it "TurdPress" or "Turd Press." "Turdpress" was posted on the…

November 30, 2019
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

Twatter (Twitter nickname)

Twitter is an American microblogging and social networking service. Many people have used the nickname "Twatter" (twat + Twitter) for both Twitter and its users. "Is wondering if he…

January 11, 2018
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

Twatzi (Twitter + twat + Nazi)

"Twatzi" (Twitter + twat + Nazi) is used to describe an oppressive Twitter (a social networking service), or an oppressive person using Twitter. "Twitter Nazi=twatzi" was posted…

April 29, 2013
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

Twidiocracy (Twitter + idiocracy)

"Twidiocracy" (Twitter + idiocracy) was coined by Matt Labash in The Weekly Standard on May 6, 2013, "The Twidiocracy: The decline of Western civilization, 140 characters at a…

July 15, 2021
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

Twitmo (Twitter + Gitmo)

"Twitmo" (Twitter + Gitmo) is a name for Twitter jail. People who Twitter concludes have violated its rules face account restrictions. "Gitmo" (the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base)…

May 2, 2022
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

Twitterette (user of Twitter)

Entry in progress -- BP Wikipedia: TwitterTwitter is an American microblogging and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets". Registered…

May 3, 2012
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

Typing Pool or Stenography Pool (press corps nickname)

A press corps (such as the White House press corps) often simply repeats what a government administration declares, without additional reporting. Members of a lazy press corps have been derided as…

October 16, 2012
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

Urinalist (urine/urinal + journalist)

"Urinalist" (urine/urinal + journalist) is a derogatory term used by someone who doesn't think much of journalists. "Urinalist" has been cited in print since at least 2000…

November 17, 2019
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

UselessTube (YouTube nickname)

YouTube is an American video-sharing website that began in February 2005. In November 2006, Google purchased YouTube. Some of those who have criticized Google's operation of YouTube have…

March 20, 2013
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

Vaticanista (Vatican correspondent)

"Vaticanista" is an Italian word meaning a news correspondent in Vatican City who reports on the Holy See. The term "Vaticanista" (also "vaticanista") usually appears…

March 8, 2014
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

Vintage Media

"Vintage media" means media of the past, such as newspapers, magazines and major television networks. The term "vintage media" was used several times in August and September…

October 13, 2013
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

Wall Street Urinal (Wall Street Journal nickname)

The Wall Street Journal has been a financial newspaper since its founding in 1889. Many newspapers that are called "journal" are unflatteringly nicknamed "urinal," and The Wall…

October 14, 2013
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

War Street Journal (Wall Street Journal nickname)

The Wall Street Journal has been a financial newspaper since its founding in 1889. Writers at the libertarian website, LewRockwell.com, have accused the Journal of having a neoconservative foreign…

May 18, 2017
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

WarPo (Washington Post nickname)

The Washington (DC) Post is a newspaper that has covered events in the nation's capital city -- especially the federal government -- since 1877. The newspaper's name is frequently…

May 21, 2014
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

Webutante Ball (Prom for Tech Nerds)

The Webutante Ball (World Wide Web + debutante) is an annual event that has been held in New York City since 2009. Richard Blakeley, then Editor-in-Chief of Gawker.TV, scheduled the social event…

August 16, 2015
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

Whore’s Breakfast or Chorus Girl’s Breakfast (cigarette and New York Morning Telegraph)

The New York (NY) Morning Telegraph used to be the Broadway Bible, and it was said that a "chorus girl's breakfast" consisted of the Morning Telegraph and a cigarette. The term…

December 2, 2017
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

Whorespondent or Whorrespondent (whore + correspondent)

"Whorespondent" or "whorrespondent" (whore + correspondent) is a term used by people who don't have much faith in news correspondents. "The Communists of the Old Left,…

September 12, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthMedia/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

WHOtube (YouTube nickname)

YouTube is an American video-sharing website that began in February 2005. During the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, YouTube developed a policy that it would not allow videos that went against the…

August 12, 2018
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

Wi-Fried (Wi-Fi + fried)

"Wi-Fi" is a wireless networking technology. Many people people that Wi-Fi radiation is dangerous and have dubbed it "WiFry" (Wi-Fry) or "WhyFry" (Why-Fry). "Its…

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