Working in the online world during the late 1990s was like entering a new country. The customs were different (long hours but lots of zany perks), the clothes were different (casual Friday every day) and even the language was different. Dot-commers needed a whole new way to describe their fast-paced world, so they came up with a unique lexicon of trendy buzzwords to distinguish themselves from their old-economy friends. Most of the words would make a grammar purist scream in terror, but that didn’t stop many people from using them in a meeting with a straight face.

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Top 10 buzzwords