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Social network vocabulary in English we need to know nowadays. By Kirstyn Wyatt
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TechnologyUseful Vocabulary for 2014
Mobile
• US word: cellular phone (“cell” for short)
• SmartPhone
• Applications – “Apps”
• Hence “WhatsApp”
• App Store, GooglePlay, Android Market
• Home
• Lock screen
• Mulitasking
Vocabulary
Lock Screen Home Screen
Multitasking Apps
• Tweet
• The thing with 140 characters
• Retweet
• When you share someone else’s tweet
• Favorite
• When you add it to your favorite list
• Reply
• When you give a response to someone’s tweet
Tweet Favorite, Retweet
• Mention
• “@KaitlynMc is the best sister ever!”
• Followers
• People who read your tweets
• Following
• People who’s tweets you read
• Direct Message (DM)
• Exactly what it says
• Notifications
• The thing you get when someone mentions you in a tweet (or replies to your tweet, or retweets/favorites your tweet)
• Profile
• Username, Location, Brief Description
• Unfollow
• Exactly what it says
• Hashtag - # (that thing)
• #ThingsYouProbablyKnewAlready
• Profile
• Wall
• Status update
• Mood
• Check-in
• Friend request
• Confirm
• Not now
• (Nice way to say “ignore”)
• Newsfeed
• Share
• Like
• Unlike
• Suggested Pages
• People you may know
• Comment
• Subscribe
• Follow
• Page
• Link
• Events
• Groups
• Poke
• Tagged
• Recently bought by Facebook
• Bye-bye privacy!
• What’s Up!
• Funny mistake from primary students
• Chats
• Contacts
• Status
• Favorites
WhatsApp in English
Text Message Lingo
• Lol• Brb• Thx• Cya• L8r• H8• Hmu• Idk• Wbu• Idc• Jk• Tbh
• Wtf• Gtg (g2g)• Fml• Omg• Nvm• Bff• Btw• Nbd• Ikr• Plz• Ttyl
Idk, my bff Jill?
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nIUcRJX9-o
• Useful for networking
• Seriously, use it!
• It’s professional social media
• Browse jobs
• US popular sites: CareerBuilder, Monster, Indeed
• Share job updates
• Post your resume for potential employers to see
• Even if you aren’t specifically looking for a job
Technology Lingo
• We use this as a verb to replace “search.”
• I don’t know the answer. Let’s Google it!
• No one says, “Let’s do a search for it!”
• It’s 2014
• VPN – Virtual Private Network
• Changes your IP address so it appears as though you are located somewhere else
• I do this to appear in the USA all the time
Technology Lingo
• Text
• We use this as a verb, too.
• “I’ll text you later!”
• No one over the age of 30 says, “I’ll send you a text message later.”
• Repeat, “I’ll text you later!”
• This also applies to WhatsApp.
• “I’ll WhatsApp you later!”
• Almost anything can be used as a verb
• WhatsApp, text, Google, Facebook (except Twitter)
• “I’ll Facebook you”
• “I’ll Google it”
• “I’ve got to Instagram this!”
Online Checks
• New trend in hiring process
• What are they looking for?
• Personality
• Professionalism
• Red cup photos are never a good idea to post online
• Talking about your employer
• Are you going to bad mouth them as an employee?
• First impressions
This applies NOW
• http://www.tastefullyoffensive.com/2014/03/teachers-read-tweets-about-themselves.html
Be careful what you post online!!