Category Archives: Terms
What is Smurfing and Where Do I Sign Up?
“The street term is smurfing,” Gentry said. “You give people certain jobs … like one person goes in and buys a box of Pseudoephedrine, then another person goes in and buys a box.”
Just kidding. But really, smurfing has nothing to do with blue paint or snuffing it (that’s what I thought). It is actually a term used to classify the people that go out in hordes to purchase ingredients to make the popular street drug, crystal meth.
I really didn’t think that it had anything to do with drugs (ya right), but I was happy to have learned something new for the day. Appreantly this happens enough to have a term for it. I remember about 2-3 years ago you couldn’t be Sudafed from Wal-Mart without going through hoops to get it.
Many chemicals that you need to make the drug can be found at local stores in most areas. That makes it tougher to keep an eye on who is making the drug, but in my opinion, you just need to what one guy: the one with 20 boxes of Pseudoephedrine, right?
What is EgoSurfing? Let’s Discuss and Learn Something Today
By definition it would be:
Egosurfing is looking to see how many places on the Web your name appears. On Alta Vista, you can also see how many times it appears in Usenet postings. On Google or Alta Vista and most other search engines, simply enter your name surrounded by double quotes in the search field like this: “Your Name”
With the over use of the internet these days, it just makes sense that you would get bored enough to check for yourself on any search engine. You also hear stories about your boss checking up on you or maybe even a background type check on a new employee, boyfriend or co-worker. People get a satisfying sense of relief when they see their names online. Of course, if you have a significant other, you might want to see where your name appears and make sure you have a story to match lol.
You can check back every week for another term that I will be adding my 2 cents on. Some of the terms coming up are just a hoot and really make you think about where things are going internet or technology wise. Keep up and leave comments if you have an opinion here.
These terms can be found here and that will allow you to keep up with today internet lingo. Don’t get caught in the past 