what do you call the internet people?
As I told a story to my friend Greg Q, for the umpteenth time I had to stop and try to figure out how to describe someone with whom I have a primarily web-based relationship. We decided it was time for there to be proper names for those folks, so here is what we came up with:
Someone you would identify as a friend: WeBFF
I was so sad when Buffy moved away, but between Facebook, Twitter, Gmail Chat, and Goodreads, now I feel like we're WeBFFs.
Someone you would identify as a friendly acquaintance: Interpal
Can you believe my interpal was in a flame war with Billy Joel?*
Someone you would identify as an enemy: Netesis
I always knew I didn't like her, but when she tagged me in that ugly photo, she officially became my netesis.
1 comment:
Genius. What about people you know from Google Groups or other forums? Forumfriend? Frumfriend?
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