rod-buster n.— «Her husband pitched in at the beginning to help her struggling business but kept his $40,000-a-year job as a union “rod-buster” to keep the family going.» —“A Modern Mobile Profession: Making Spot...
chicklet n.— «In addition to being able to create mobile version of their blogs, bloggers can create a personalized subscription button to their blog’s sidebar. The chicklet, as the subscription button is sometimes called, gives Windows...
CBO n.— «Robert Scoble (CBO of Microsoft, CBO = Chief Blogging Officer) admitted it in an interview for us.» —“Second wave of popularity of Windows Mobile phones within Microsoft arrived” MS Mobiles Dec. 29, 2005...
nomadic intimacy n.— «Thus, one of the major social functions of cell phones is to provide a “nomadic intimacy”…by making it possible for people on the move to remain embedded in their personal social networks...
stage phoning n.— «Take “stage phoning”, for instance, the term sociologists use for the show we put on when we are being observed or overheard talking on our mobile. “Like a cubist painting, the speaker on the mobile...