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December 23, 2007
LazyWeb: New Word for Inane Non-Scandal Scandal
Once again, I need a new word. What do you call it when an online pseudo-scandal emerges, explodes into everywhere-ness and then disappears into self-referential inanity and irrelevance, all while you're not paying attention?
Offline, you might call it a tempest in a teacup/teapot, or something like that. But what's the online equivalent, or at least a less cliched way of saying the same thing? I'd just say "idiocy", but there has to be a more colorful way of capturing how the blog natives regularly lose their mind about nonsense.
All ideas appreciated.
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The German language has a word:
vernichten (fer-neek-ten)
which means "the nothingess", "the non-existent".
Season“s Greetings Paul
Turbulence in the celestial teapot ?
how bout just "going postal."
As in, "bloggers are going postal again over the fake Steve Jobs flap..."
Self-esteem of disgruntled gummint workers notwithstanding.
p.s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_postal
is nice irony, yes?









Demi-scandal
Un-scandal
Blah ... the un-scandal.
Semi-scandal
Blah ... the not-scandal scandal.