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So this guy was once considered a presidential candidate huh? What's with the bar being so low these days, did George Bush Jnr open the door to any old fool?

Is he genuinely puzzled, just posing a rhetorical question, or manufacturing an issue out of nothing (which appears to be the Republican way)?

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. - Carl Sagan

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My school has taken to calling them BYOD's, for Bring Your Own Devices, which encompasses phones, iPod's, and laptops.

BYOD is kinda hard to say though.

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4 (edited by Saniss 2013-05-14 03:10:44)

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Except he doesn't even to seem to be aware that they are commonly called smart phones, or are frequently referred to by their brand name (e.g. i-phone). So he's ignoring all the name changing that has indeed taken place. Further, it's sort of like a guy coming down from the mountains saying that he needs a new name for his car because it has air-conditioning, radio, a sat nav, and a tv and dvd player. It's still a car, like a phone that does other stuff is still a phone.

I don't think there's much to be gained from thinking whether a name is appropriate - that seems to be the pursuit of marketing people when they want to sell you something or, as in this case, want to earn some kind of legacy by coining a new word/term.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. - Carl Sagan

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6 (edited by TechNoir 2013-05-14 03:54:00)

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I googled it. It's called a smart phone.

I also googled Newt Gingrich. He's an out-of-touch, fat-headed, pseudo-intellectual, failed politician.

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I'd call it a portable hoozermawozzle.

Or 'smart phone' if you want to use the actual term.

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So... yeah... moo-moo?

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. - Carl Sagan

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not long to go now...

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God loves you!

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16 (edited by BigDamnArtist 2013-05-16 13:09:18)

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Well re #2.

2000-2009: the 20-oughts.

I thought everyone knew that?

And #3...you can call them by their name, if it's just the 2 of you, I think the waiter can figure out who you're talking about by context. Aside from what them movies tell you, waiters, for the most part, aren't actually a bunch of slobbering idiots.

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I'm fond of 'the naughties'.

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not long to go now...

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