Jargon Watch

By Gareth Branwyn (jargon@wiredmag.com) Glambassador A diplomat selected for his or her celebrity and appearance, not for any particular knowledge of foreign policy or international affairs. "Linda Gray of TV’s Dallas was just made goodwill glambassador for the UN Population Fund." Clickthrough Farmers Porn purveyors who operate free sample sites designed to funnel traffic to […]

By Gareth Branwyn (jargon@wiredmag.com)

Glambassador A diplomat selected for his or her celebrity and appearance, not for any particular knowledge of foreign policy or international affairs. "Linda Gray of TV's Dallas was just made goodwill glambassador for the UN Population Fund."

Clickthrough Farmers Porn purveyors who operate free sample sites designed to funnel traffic to pay commercial adult sites and get paid a few cents for each clickthrough.

Buzzword-Compliant When a product is said by its maker to work with all the standards and tech trends du jour.

Metajacking Stealing the content of another site's HTML meta tag because it will place your site higher in a search engine's results.

Codenapping Withholding source code and working files until paid in full for contract programming work - common practice among freelancers.

MSDSL Instantly coined name for the Microsoft/Intel/ Compaq/Baby Bell digital subscriber line "standard."

Tip o' the heads-up display to Paul Boutin, Sean Carton, Chris Fralic, Stuart Mangrum, and Dan Pink.

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