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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | The comic parodies the habit of word coining on the internet, as well as the enthusiasm for modern sounding terms in the IT world in general. Common examples include the shortening of "weblog" to "{{w|blog}}", while the entirety of blogs is referred to as the "{{w|blogosphere}}". The internet itself is sometimes called "The Tubes", a term derived from Senator {{w|Ted Stevens}} infamous statement "{{w|Series of Tubes}}". The suffixes "-net" and "-web" are often used to denote a certain interconnection of information on the internet, as well as to make products and brands sound fit for the 21st century. | ||
− | + | The matrix shown in the comic spoofs the internet jargon by combining common pre- and suffixes to new and impressive but meaningless words. The culmination of nonsense is, as indicated in the transcript, the term "blagoblag". This is also a sideswipe at comic [[148]], where "blag" was introduced as a substitute for the usage of "blog". The [http://blag.xkcd.com official weblog] of the xkcd webcomic is also called "blag". | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:Terms I have used or heard used to make fun of the internet: | :Terms I have used or heard used to make fun of the internet: | ||
− | :[Below: A matrix whose entries may contain crosses to indicate that a term has been used. The rows (prefixes) are labelled WORLD WIDE, INTER-, BLOGO-, BLAGO- | + | :[Below: A matrix whose entries may contain crosses to indicate that a term has been used. The rows (prefixes) are labelled WORLD WIDE, INTER-, BLOGO-, BLAGO- and WEB-; the columns are labelled NET, WEB, SPHERE, TUBES and BLAG. In the interests of properly propagating the term "blagoblag", the full list of used terms follows:] |
:World Wide Web | :World Wide Web | ||
:Internet | :Internet | ||
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:Webnet | :Webnet | ||
:Webweb | :Webweb | ||
− | :[Cueball and Megan stand facing | + | :[Cueball and Megan stand facing; Cueball raises his hands in the air while Megan is nonplussed.] |
:Cueball: I heard about it on the interblag! | :Cueball: I heard about it on the interblag! | ||