* Illustration: Jennifer Daniel * A-Space n. MySpace for intelligence analysts. The new social networking site is intended to encourage openness between traditionally insular CIA and NSA agents.
Fatosphere n. A blogosphere of the obese, by the obese, for the obese. Often designated "no-diet zones," fatosphere blogs seek to counter medical claims that obesity is a health epidemic.
Cellphone Novel n. Literature texted out on a cell phone. Novels have been written and read on handsets in Japan for years, but their leap onto best-seller lists and movie screens is pulling in Westerners eager to jump on the next manga phenom.
Yo pron. He or she. First heard in Baltimore schools ("Yo is a clown"), this gender-neutral pronoun has piqued the interest of linguists, whose widely publicized observations are edging the word into general usage.
-- Jonathon Keats (jargon@wired.com)
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