Phew, they don't hate us

I saw this story and immediately guessed that widget would be in the ten most hated words. I was wrong, for better or for worse. Maybe we just don't matter. I imagine that widgetsphere would be up there, if anyone even knew the word existed!

The ten most hated words on the Internet

UK pollsters YouGov have just completed a survey on the web's most-hated words, the abominations that threaten to turn English into a long series of "plzkthxbye" utterances. At the top of the list (and rightly so) is the word "folksonomy." It's followed by:

* Blogosphere

* Blog
* Netiquette

* Blook (don't ask)

* Webinar

* Vlog

* Social Networking

* Cookie

* Wiki