Twitter – some domain-specific vocabulary

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Find the word which matches the definition!

(podcasting – the distribution of audio or multimedia files over the Internet for playback on a mobile device, often in MP3 format
a twit – informal noun – a stupid but harmless person – eg He’s such a twit!
A geek – noun informal – a person, especially a man, who is boring and not fashionable. If someone has a serious interest in a topic he may say he is a geek, to express an unusual or excessive interest in an unusual topic or product. Eg ‘He’s a bit of a coffee geek!’
geeky – informal adjective – boring and not fashionable
Eg A geeky-looking man wearing an old-fashioned cardigan
A nerd – noun informal disapproving – a person, especially a man, who is unattractive and awkward or socially embarrassing.
nerdy – adjective informal, disapproving – decibes a person who is ill-at-ease or embarrassing socially. Eg He’s nice, but a bit nerdy. These glasses make me look/feel nerdy.
vlog – (plural vlogs) – (Internet) weblog using video as its primary presentation format. A vlog is a blend of video and weblog, and a vlogger is the same as a videoblogger.
An anorak – noun – UK disapproving – a boring person who is too interested in the unimportant details of a hobby and finds it difficult to meet and spend time with other people.
Eg There are enough facts and figures in this book to keep even the most obsessive anorak fascinated for hours.
podcasting – The distribution of audio or multimedia files over the Internet for playback on a mobile device, often in MP3 format
twitter – noun – (the sound of) a succession of chirps as uttered by birds
Eg I often listen to the twitter of the birds in the park.
to twitter – intransitive verb – a) to utter a succession of bird’s chirps; b) (of a person) to talk in an excited or nervous manner; c) (Internet) to use the microblogging service Twitter
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Answers for Quiz [1].

• 1. blook (correct)
• 2. tweet – plural tweets – (correct)
• 3. vlogger – (plural vloggers) – (correct)
• 4. ripping (correct)
• 5. uploading (correct)
• 6. an anorak – noun – UK disapproving – (correct)
• 7. bookmark (COMPUTING) verb – (correct)
• 8. Facebook (correct)
• 9. vlog – (plural vlogs) – (Internet) (correct)
• 10. nerdy – adjective informal, disapproving – (correct)
• 11. blog – verb (correct)
• 12. twitter – noun – (correct)
• 13. burning (correct)
• 14. a moblog (correct)
• 15. microblogging (correct)
• 16. a corporate blog (correct)
• 17. to tweet – intransitive verb – (correct)
• 18. downloading (correct)
• 19. a twit – informal noun – (correct)
• 20. podcasting (correct)
• 21. blog – noun – plural blogs (correct)
• 22. to twitter – intransitive verb – (correct)
• 23. a geek (correct)