The word cyberslacker is one of more than 100 IT-inspired or related words that have made their way into the latest edition of the Oxford Dictionary of English.
The new words point to the continuing and increasing importance of technology in everyday life
The word cyberslacker is one of more than 100 IT-inspired or related words that have made their way into the latest edition of the Oxford Dictionary of English.
The new words point to the continuing and increasing importance of technology in everyday life as words and acronyms that might once have been considered obscure are now becoming common enough for them to get an entry in the dictionary.
Acronyms such as IMAP (Internet Mail Access Protocol), DNS (Domain Name System) and CGI (Common Gateway Interface) are in the new dictionary, alongside words like script kiddie, for "a person who uses existing computer scripts or codes to hack into computers, lacking the expertise to write their own", and open source, for "denoting software for which the original source code is made freely available". Cyberslacker is defined as "a person who uses their employer's internet and e-mail facilities for personal activities during working hours".
The latest entries also demonstrate the speed with which new words are surpassed by even newer words.
Take for example the noun "surfing", which is defined as "the activity of moving f