Virtual words : language on the edge of science and technology /

Keats's monthly 'Jargon Watch' column in Wired Magazine'R discusses the new coinages that technology is bringing into the language such as sock puppet (an illicit online alternate identity). Here, Keats provides an exploration of how such words and phrases enter the language.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Keats, Jonathon (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Subjects:	Technology > Terminology. English language > New words. English language > Jargon. Linguistic change. Changement linguistique. Technology. Electronic books. Terminology.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book