m0smithslash's Journal: microsoft - the verb

I submitted this today.

Many "brand names" have been added to the English language over the years. A couple of examples are: frisbee for a flying plastic disk; spam for unsolicted electronic communication and slashdot for overwhelming a web site with traffic, not to be confused with a DOS attack. Of course doh is now in the Oxford dictionary. It is time that microsoft (notice lowercase) be added to the language as well. From a future dictionary:

microsoft

(verb) 1. to behave in a manner contrary to accepted norms and standards; 2. to act in a self-serving manner, often at the expense of others; 3. to crush as a large behemoth sqashing smaller creatures

For example, one would say, "Godzilla microsofted both Toyko and Bambi" and "SCO has been microsofting Linux again" as well as "The RIAA microsofts their customers". Let's hope that it takes less time for microsoft to take its rightful place in the dictioary than it did for "doh". I'll bet if all the slashdotters out there start using it in both written and verbal communication we can go from slashdotting a web site to slashdotting the dictionary. BEHOLD, the power of slash dot.

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