vaguebooking noun the practice of leaving deliberately vague or ambiguous posts on Facebook
Yes, I’m guilty of vaguebooking, as it’s called. [Radio 5Live 09 Nov 2010]
social graph noun a record of a person’s online contacts
In that way, the leaching of Facebook
IDs, and of people’s ‘social graphs’ – who they are linked to – will be
of great concern to Facebook, which derives its value from being able to
act as the go-between for highly targeted advertising served to its
users.
[www.guardian.co.uk 18 Oct 2010]
[www.guardian.co.uk 18 Oct 2010]
modder noun someone who modifies software, often illegally
This game was all set to offer you the
chance to ‘be’ the Taliban. This isn’t going to happen now (although
you can be sure a modder somewhere is working on it), so we can judge it
purely on its merits as a game. [The Guardian (UK broadsheet) 21 Oct 2010]
not all that idiom informal not particularly good or attractive
Wondering if there’s more to life than your career? Suddenly thinking being the boss isn’t all that? [Grazia (UK celebrity magazine) 29 Nov 2010]
haptic feedback noun sensory feedback, for example, vibrations given from electronic devices, to signal that something has happened
Is this the – what was it – haptic feedback you were talking about? [Heard in conversation 23 Dec 2010]
Types of haptic feedback provide a product’s user with sensations that tell him or her how it’s working. [Harris, William. "How Haptic Technology Works". HowStuffWorks.com. [http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/other-gadgets/haptic-technology.htm> 30 Jun 2008]
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