Bizzare headlines, such as “Mexican To Be Sold In Nuclear Deal” and “North Korea Found Garrotted In Bus” are either coming from parallel dimensions, or are the algorithmically mashed-up results of robot-trawling this dimension’s top news stories. I like NewZoid.
Update: “Army Charges Seven Paratroopers for Sex on Gay Site” belongs on NewZoid, but is real. (warning:AVN hosts NSFW ads)
Update: “Army Charges Seven Paratroopers for Sex on Gay Site” belongs on NewZoid, but is real. (warning:AVN hosts NSFW ads)
STOP (AB)USING THE WORD 'MASH-UP' CORY.
ReplyDeleteThis is nearly as bad as referring to special icings as "Cake-Mods."
Oh, come /on/. This is a lot closer to being a type of mashup than a any cake is.
ReplyDeleteYou're applying a retronym. Algorithmic text manipulation existed for years (nay -- DECADES) before musical mashups came to fore.
ReplyDeleteAnd if you think retronyms are cool (outside of a philological standpoint) I've got a duct-tape trucker's cap I'd like to sell you, ironically.
Can I pay for it from my duct-tape wallet?
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