lurking

Term used by/of a newly decloaked lurker on a usenet newsgroup, e-mail mailing-list or web message-board.

"I've been lurking in this group for a month now, and this is my first posting."

by Nupe January 6, 2004

twitcher

Male who is so passionate about bird-spotting her will rush anywhere in the UK at a moment's notice just to see some rare bird.

See also: trainspotter

"We got to the gig only to find that the car-park was full of bloody twitchers looking for some fr*ggin' cuckoo."

by Nupe January 6, 2004

digicam

Small consumer digital camera, without many of the manual features of a digital SLR camera.

"I finally got a new digicam."

"I got a new digital SLR, so the old digicam has been handed down to the kids."

by Nupe January 6, 2004

photoshoppery

Highly manipulated photograph or photographs, created using the Adobe Photoshop software. The results usually fool the eye into thinking that the photoshopped image is a single original photograph. If on the internet, created with a satirical or humourous intent. If in print, often referring to illicit manipulation of a photojournalism image.

"I know that my newspaper has no writen policy on this kind of photoshoppery, but..."

by Nupe January 6, 2004

young fogey

Twenty-something male who apes the dress (tweed suits, waistcoats, glasses, hats etc) and intellectual tastes of the "old fogey" generation.

"This trendy fashion for young fogey-ism must be stopped immediately! If I see one more young man parading around in his grandad's suit and sounding like the only-begotten son of Stephen Fry and Morrissey I shall leave England forever!"

by Nupe January 7, 2004