Dickovers, Baggravation And Botiquette - 18 New Words To Describe Our Tech Hellscape

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/18/dickovers-baggravation-botiquette-18-new-words-tech-hellscape <-- shared media article

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[not my usual fare, but a good article – and we DO see some of this in a professional setting too of course!

• ‘Captchore’ is my new favourite portmanteau!

• And ‘AI-horning’ to describe trying to force – badly – AI in such inane ways!

• Ironically this @The Guardian article has a Dickover ~wink~

• I want to suggest #ATMQueueOldPersonNamaste ~smile~]

“There are many tech irritants that are a scourge of modern life, yet we have lacked the vocabulary to describe them ... until now

The “dickover” is the scourge of the modern age. Coined in May by John Gruber, a tech writer, it is defined as “a modal panel, popover, or curtain presented by a website or app, deliberately obscuring its own content to frustrate the user”. Essentially, it is the thing (or more often, things) you have to click away in order to read the thing you wanted to read. It is the “accept cookies” box, the “allow notifications?” box, the “sign in with Google” box, the pop-up video box, etc.

We shouldn’t fool ourselves into thinking that dickovers are the only terrible thing about technology in 2026. Until now, though, we have lacked the vocabulary to describe them, so here are some suggestions…”

#tech #consumer #interactions #Dickovers #Baggravation #Botiquette #Captchore #AIhorning #Quitshaming #Cartcling #online #Chatflattery #obsequiousAI #Botiquette #Chattermining #Loginsanity #Limpetlisting #Parkware #Gatejamming #ATMQueueOldPersonNamaste #Baggravation #Parcelliveblogging #Socketboomerism #SchrödingersWiFi #Formnesia #Hostageware #selfcheckout #digitalleash

#Guardian