I wrote recently about McQuarie Dictionary's contest to find the word of the year for 2007.
The winner is -
pod slurping
noun the downloading of large quantities of data to an MP3 player or memory stick from a computer.
I still prefer arse-antlers myself.
I also wrote a while ago about textonyms, words which are different, but use the same keys in predictive text mode on a mobile phone, eg 'home' and 'good'.
These have now gained some academic credibility. David Crystal has been studying them and the UK press picked up the story last week. The Telegraph's report is here.
Some examples of textonyms here.
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