A recent International New York Times article went into Korea’s Internet culture and how the rapid spread of disinformation can make a government’s job to govern a lot harder.
Per the article LMB said:
“We have to guard against ‘infodemics,’ in which inaccurate, false information is disseminated, prompting social unrest that spreads like an epidemic…”
Way to go LMB! You’ve at least guaranteed yourself a place in the history by creating a new word! Better lexpionage than a Bushism!
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‘Agitprop’ by any other name is still ‘agitprop’.
Infodemic. Lexpionage. Sweet. Neologisms rock — that’s what the internet’s all about. Personally, I’m a wordvert — I like words and wordplay a little TOO much. . . nice post.
This particular phenomena is hardly unique to Korea.
And quit spreading disinformation that this piece appeared in the NYT. I think you will find it in the IHT.
More like lexicide to me.
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
Speaking of lexicide, how about …”can make a government’s job of advancing its policies a lot more harder.” ??
@3: you do realize the IHT is owned by the NYT?
will you be my friend, michael? It’s so hard to find a good sesquipedalian in Korea.
Yeah, well I read it in the NIHYT.
# 5,
Thanks for pointing that out… I had a longer post in mind, but it was late in the evening for me and I was drinking a glass of merlot as a night cap.
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