Did The New York Times Ban the Word 'Tweet'?
Yesterday, The Awl reported that The New York Times sent out a memo requesting their writers refrain from using the word "tweet" in reference to posting something on Twitter.
What appears to be minutes later, Dave Itzkoff, who apparently works for The New York Times — shrug, I don't know who these people are — sent out the tweet above proclaiming that the report was "not true."
Personally, even if it isn't true, I think it's a GREAT idea. So much so, that I composed the following memo about what words I think we should ban on the Tosh.0 blog…
MEMORANDUM
TO: Carly Hallam
RE: Words to be banned on the Tosh.0 blog
From now on, I suggest we no longer use the following words on the Tosh.0 blog: tweet, Twitter, twat, Tublr, web, Internet, Internets, tubes, noobs, n00bs, boobs, leet, anything "world-wide," puke, vomit, balls, crotch, coochie, win, fail, firmware, computer, iPad, iPod, iPhone, toaster, Apple, browser, blog, blogging, blogosphere, Blagojevich, fun, funny, humor, viral, video, streaming, buffering, bluff, bluffering, online, offline, wifi, wireless, handset, cellular telephone device, memorandum, wtf, eeeeee, comment, commenting, Facebook, fan page, Atari, apps, Android, instant messaging, Myspace, Friendster, YouPorn, traffic, stats, pageviews, unique monthly visitors, 10:30pm, 9:30c, tune in, all new episodes, anything "0-thon," Web Redemption, Video Breakdown, Daniel Tosh, Tosh.0, and Comedy Central.
This will finally allow us to take the vacations we deserve.
