Internet-related prefixes as a cultural reference to the rising popularity at that time of the prefix in product names. The word "virtual" is used in a similar way to the prefixes above, but it is an adjective instead of a prefix. For example, it is used in the terms "virtual reality", "virtual world", and "virtual sex". These prefixes are productive. Michael Quinion notes that most of these formations are nonce words that will never be seen again. He writes that new terms such as "e-health" are unneeded; in this case "telemedicine" already exists to describe the application of telecommunications to medicine. He
Word Up (video game) object of the Brain Game is to create a number of words to reach a point’s target. Once that target is reached then the length of the various words made is converted into new blocks (each 3 letter word = 1 block, each 4 letter word = 2 blocks etc.). These new blocks are then added, a new points target is set and the game continues in this fashion until you have run out of blocks or cannot make any words with those left. On 19 November 2008 Word Soup was launched on the Xbox 360 Community Games channel. It