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* ''[[(The Customer is) Not Always Right]]'' has [https://notalwaysright.com/not-so-smart-phone-part-14/84599/ this gem]: ‘Push When Ringing’.
* Snarky UK-based I.T. news site ''[[The Register]]'' has backformed the British slang term "tits up" (meaning "dead" or "out of commission") into an acronym for "'''T'''otal '''I'''nability '''T'''o '''S'''upport '''U'''sual '''P'''erformance", at least when applied to computing service providers.
* Freedom of Information requests from Delilah Cormorant [https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/user/delilah_cormorant_5 on whatdotheyknow.com] - they caught it only after 10th. Her concerns are extended to such diverse and strangely worded subjects as:
*# Coventry University Nine Term Students
*# Cabinet Office Canteen Kitchen Supplies
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* "[[Everything Is Online|Internet of Things]]" is sometimes expanded by its detractors to "'''I'''nsecure, '''D'''angerous '''I'''nternet '''o'''f '''T'''hings". Alternatively, one may helpfully point out that the "S" in "IoT" stands for "Security".
* [[Gamergate|'''C'''rash '''O'''verride '''N'''etwork]] (mocked [http://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/3hbupg/socjus_how_many_times_has_crash_override_network/ here] as a [[Freudian Slip]]).
* Red Cube [http://thepeoplescube.com/peoples-blog/prism-proletarian-review-of-information-in-social-media-t11199.html dubbed] PRISM "[[Big Brother Is Watching|Proletarian Review of Information in Social Media]]".
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