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
Four-letter word letters. Typical examples include the word "work", implying that work can be unpleasant, or the game of "golf", jokingly referred to as a four-letter word when a player's pastime becomes an exercise in frustration. "Charlotte Observer" journalist Doug Robarchek noted in 1993 how many politicians have names with four letters, "Ever notice how many U.S. politicians have names that are also four-letter words? Ford, Dole, Duke, Bush, Gore ... and how many make us think of four-letter words?" Four-letter word The phrase four-letter word refers to a set of English-language words written with four letters which are considered profane, including