Dickovers, Baggravation, and Botiquette: 18 New Words to Describe Our Tech Hellscape
There are many tech irritants that are a scourge of modern life, yet we have lacked the vocabulary to describe them... until now.
TL;DR
- New terms like 'dickover' (obscuring content with pop-ups), 'AI-horning' (unwanted AI features), and 'captchore' (CAPTCHA challenges) describe modern tech annoyances.
- Other coined terms include 'quit-shaming' (difficult subscription cancellations), 'cart cling' (persistent abandoned cart emails), and 'chatflattery' (AI agreeing too readily).
- The article also addresses 'botiquette' (navigating human vs. bot interactions), 'loginsanity' (password frustrations), and 'hostageware' (paid subscriptions for purchased products).