The GIGAWIT Dictionary of the E-nglish Language - Softcover

Hendra, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0970245505 ISBN 13: 9780970245502

Publisher: Gigawit, 2000

Synopsis

Welcome to the first satirical book about the Internet!

Every day, another cyber-visionary adds another sparkling spire to the fabulous Wired City of the Future: rooms that think, PCs that feel your pain, micro-electrical devices that warn you when youre about to be mugged An e-topia set in a sea of genetically modified money that grows ALL BY ITSELF without boring old profits or products!

The analog world and its bricks-and-mortar dinosaurs have been swept away by a Silicon Tsunami! The Wired have crushed the Tired! And with them they have brought an outlandish tribal language only THEY can understand!

Do you REALLY know what URL and XML mean? Or the origin of sinister terms like drop-and-drag end-user fat media and worst of all, up-time? Have you any idea why something is through-put instead of put-through?

Of course you dont!!! At best, YOURE FAKING IT!

You need to know the REAL MEANING of terms that RIGHT NOW are making thousands of people with bad skin and all-black wardrobes into billionaires.

You need The GIGAWIT Dictionary of the E-nglish Language.

YOU may be a GIGAWIT! Find out by submitting your own E-nglish terms and definitions to us. If in the arbitrary and capricious judgment of the editors, its funny enough, boom! youre in the next edition of the GIGAWIT Dictionary, Youll be a published author AND youll get paid!

About this title

About the Author:

TONY HENDRA attended Cambridge University where he cut his satirical teeth performing frequently with close friends and Monty Pythons-to-be John Cleese and Graham Chapman. In the mid-60s he came to America with another Cambridge friend, Nick Ullett; the team played all major night-clubs and all major variety TV shows of the time, including multiple appearances on the "Ed Sullivan Show." In 1970, he became one of the original editors of "The National Lampoon," editing countless articles over the next eight years. He co-produced the Lampoon’s first album "Radio Dinner" with Michael O’Donoghue, performing many of the tracks himself, including a celebrated parody of John Lennon called “Magical Misery Tour.” In 1973, he directed and produced "Lemmings," the Lampoon’s hit off-Broadway satire of Woodstock, which gave John Belushi, Chevy Chase and Christopher Guest their first starring roles.

On leaving the Lampoon in 1978 he became notorious as editor of many best-selling parodies including "Not The New York Times" and "Off The Wall Street Journal" and the New York Times Best-seller "The 80s... A Look Back;" a notoriety which landed him in early 1983 on the cover of Newsweek. He then returned to the UK to create and co-produce the revolutionary satirical series ""Spitting Image with puppeteers Roger Law and Peter Fluck. The series ran in the UK for eleven years. In 1984 he starred in the enduring cult movie "This is Spinal Tap" as the band’s manager Ian Faith. Through the remainder of the 80s, he appeared in numerous movies and TV series such as "Miami Vice," and Whoopi Goldberg’s movie debut, "Jumping Jack Flash." He also wrote several books during this period, including a classic history of modern American satire "Going Too Far," which has been the base-line source for many biographical studies of major comic performers (example: long-time friend George Carlin recently profiled on A&E).

In 1993, Hendra was appointed Editor-in-Chief of "Spy Magazine." In 1996 he co-wrote with director Ron Shelton ("Bull Durham," "Tin Cup") a boxing comedy called "The Great White Hype" starring Jeff Goldblum and Samuel L. Jackson. He writes frequently for magazines such as "New York," "Harpers," "GQ," "Vanity Fair," "Men’s Journal," "Esquire" and many others. Current movie projects include "Blonde and Sand" at Warners and "Nice Couple Boys" at Universal. He appears regularly on NPR with Jane Curtin, Buck Henry and Robert Krulwich in the satirical year-end review Backfire; the Backfire team also performed for the President and Mrs. Clinton at the White House, during NPR’s 25th Anniversary celebrations. He is married to Carla Hendra, President North America of Ogilvy One, a global interactive agency; they have three young children, Lucy, Sebastian and Nicholas who are, all three, stunningly beautiful and bear almost no resemblance to their father.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:

A: algorithm: technique of deep hypnosis enabling Al Gore Jr. to clap along at R&B concerts.

alt-energy: actually knowing what the Alt key does and having the flat-out gosh-darn energy to use it.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gigawit
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0970245505
• ISBN 13: 9780970245502
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112