1.04.2007

New Word of the Day: infamation

infamate (v) to make one's private life/thoughts public, usually in blog form, in order to attract attention, gain fame (and revenue from Google AdSense, or a book deal or modeling contract)

ex. Like, Melinda is totally infamating her break-up with Roger in order to humiliate him publicly as well as to let the world know she is now single.

infamation (n) any text, photos, video, or other digital ephemera conspicuously published onto the World Wide Wire (also called, the Interweb). See also blogorrhea.

infamationista (n) one who obsessively infamates for personal gain

3 comments:

ayagwa said...

How do you use it as a verb? "infamate"? Like: Melinda is infamating her break-up with Roger in order to humiliate him publicly as well as let the world know she is now single.

tmonkey said...

Hey, that's good! It works! I'm going to use that as an example.

ayagwa said...

BLOGORRHEA! Oh god that sounds like a terrible STD. I know a handful of people who suffer from it... get them to a clinic!