Internet Jargon

verb to speak or write at length in a wild, impassioned, or vehement manner

• The professor spent the entire lecture ranting about the importance of citing sources in academic writing.
• My mom is always ranting about how messy my room is.
• I can't stand when people start ranting about things they know nothing about.
• The storm clouds gathered, as if nature itself was ranting about the impending downpour.

adjective describing something that is global or encompassing the entire world

adverb modifying a verb or adjective to indicate that something is happening or existing throughout the world

• The company has a world wide presence with offices in over 50 countries.
• People from world wide are attending the conference next week.
• I have friends from all over the world wide who love to travel.
• Her influence in the industry is world wide, reaching every corner of the market.

adjective A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun. In this case, 'probsolutely' can be seen as an adjective when used informally to emphasize a high level of certainty or agreement.

adverb A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb, indicating the manner, place, time, or degree of the action or state being described. In this case, 'probsolutely' is an adverb that combines 'probably' and 'absolutely' to convey a strong sense of

• The concept of probsolutely has not yet been fully explored in academic literature.
• I'm probsolutely going to the party tonight, are you coming?
• I'm probsolutely hooked on this new TV show, it's so good!
• Her talent is probsolutely out of this world, she's a natural performer.

adverb modifying a verb, adjective, or other adverb to indicate the manner in which something is done

• The speaker's use of cringeworthily inappropriate language caused discomfort among the audience.
• I can't believe she wore that cringeworthily outdated outfit to the party.
• His attempt at flirting was cringeworthily bad.
• The movie's attempt at humor fell flat and ended up being cringeworthily awkward.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

verb a word that expresses an action or a state of being

adjective a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun

adverb a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence

article a word that is used to specify a noun as definite or indefinite

• The CEO does not give a crap about employee satisfaction.
• I do not give a crap about what he thinks.
• She does not give a crap about anyone else's opinion.
• The politician does not give a crap about the needs of the people.

noun a term used to describe excessive or rapid posting on the social media platform Twitter

• The term 'twitterhoea' refers to excessive or uncontrollable tweeting on the social media platform Twitter.
• I have a bad case of twitterhoea today, I can't stop tweeting about everything!
• My friend is such a twitterhoea, she tweets every minute of the day.
• His twitterhoea is out of control, he needs to take a break from social media.