These days, the trendy way to refer to the iPod is to call it the iPizzle -- or iPizz for short.
June 12, 2007 (Press Release) --
At least, that's what it says at the Urban Dictionary website, a dictionary of slang compiled by its readers.
Whether true or not (I've never actually heard it uttered myself), the Urban Dictionary is full of fascinating iPod slang.
An iPodyssey, for example, is supposedly the lengthy and arduous quest some people undertake to acquire an iPod.
" his iPodyssey would see him through many Apple Stores and $400 dollars before it was all through," the site says.
After buying an iPod, the new owner has become iPod'd -- he or she has joined the iPod craze.
Walking down the street, the iPod owner -- now known as a podestrian -- spots another iPod listener on the sidewalk. As they pass, they give each other the iPod nod, a tilt of the head in recognition that they're both iPodophiles.
New iPod listeners may soon become podaholics, such that their entire waking existence is devoted to listening to, downloading songs for, or accessorizing their precious new iPod. A state also known as iPodolatry.
According to the dictionary's definition of a podaholic: "(They) measure time not by a clock, but by battery life or amount of 'juice' left. Their most comfortable environment is the subway, but also may enjoy busy sidewalks or any place else they can ignore a crowd of people that has enveloped them. The rest of the time is spent hidden in their lair using every last penny of their rent, alimony, child support payments and drug money on 'ear candy' from iTunes, Napster and other purveyors of aural delights."
The definition concludes with an example of how the term podaholic might be used in real life:
"Excuse me. Excuse ME. EXCUSE ME. I'm trying to get off here. Goddamned podaholic!"
"I missed my stop on the subway. I couldn't get off the train because some podaholic was blocking the way and couldn't hear me when I asked him to move."
Of course, the podaholic may be using the iPod to avoid contact with other people on purpose. If so, that person is more properly known as a Pod snob -- someone who plugs into their iPod to tune out others.
Other iPod slang includes iPlode (blowing your eardrums by having the volume too high); and iPod A.D.D. (the inability to choose the right song or listen to it all the way through); and iPod spamming (downloading way more songs from file-sharing services than you'll ever listen to. "This is usually done by people wishing to raise the number of songs on their iPod in an attempt to seem cooler than they actually are," the definition says.)
The word iPod is even used to refer to old-style boomboxes, which are now known as iPod Megas, the dictionary says.
There's a few sex-related terms. To say someone is an iPod in the pants means that person is under endowed, he is "small and white."
Podfapping is watching pornography on a video iPod, or masturbating while doing so.
Source: http://www.msn.com
Whether true or not (I've never actually heard it uttered myself), the Urban Dictionary is full of fascinating iPod slang.
An iPodyssey, for example, is supposedly the lengthy and arduous quest some people undertake to acquire an iPod.
" his iPodyssey would see him through many Apple Stores and $400 dollars before it was all through," the site says.
After buying an iPod, the new owner has become iPod'd -- he or she has joined the iPod craze.
Walking down the street, the iPod owner -- now known as a podestrian -- spots another iPod listener on the sidewalk. As they pass, they give each other the iPod nod, a tilt of the head in recognition that they're both iPodophiles.
New iPod listeners may soon become podaholics, such that their entire waking existence is devoted to listening to, downloading songs for, or accessorizing their precious new iPod. A state also known as iPodolatry.
According to the dictionary's definition of a podaholic: "(They) measure time not by a clock, but by battery life or amount of 'juice' left. Their most comfortable environment is the subway, but also may enjoy busy sidewalks or any place else they can ignore a crowd of people that has enveloped them. The rest of the time is spent hidden in their lair using every last penny of their rent, alimony, child support payments and drug money on 'ear candy' from iTunes, Napster and other purveyors of aural delights."
The definition concludes with an example of how the term podaholic might be used in real life:
"Excuse me. Excuse ME. EXCUSE ME. I'm trying to get off here. Goddamned podaholic!"
"I missed my stop on the subway. I couldn't get off the train because some podaholic was blocking the way and couldn't hear me when I asked him to move."
Of course, the podaholic may be using the iPod to avoid contact with other people on purpose. If so, that person is more properly known as a Pod snob -- someone who plugs into their iPod to tune out others.
Other iPod slang includes iPlode (blowing your eardrums by having the volume too high); and iPod A.D.D. (the inability to choose the right song or listen to it all the way through); and iPod spamming (downloading way more songs from file-sharing services than you'll ever listen to. "This is usually done by people wishing to raise the number of songs on their iPod in an attempt to seem cooler than they actually are," the definition says.)
The word iPod is even used to refer to old-style boomboxes, which are now known as iPod Megas, the dictionary says.
There's a few sex-related terms. To say someone is an iPod in the pants means that person is under endowed, he is "small and white."
Podfapping is watching pornography on a video iPod, or masturbating while doing so.
Source: http://www.msn.com
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