'Rotors' spin a revolution in online media

By Robert Niles. Posted: 2006-01-12

CitJ? Grassroots reporting? I've ranted about the vocabulary of online journalism before. Today, Jon Garfunkel proposes a new term for independent online journalists: "Reporters Without Editors," or "Rotors" for short.

"Why rotors?" Garfunkel writes. "Rotors don't spin-- they cause revolutions!"

That's one entry in the vocabulary list Garfunkel offers today on his website. Some might find the definitions real groaners, but the first definition offered for "Reuters" did make me laugh out loud.

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From Joe Murphy on January 16, 2006 at 12:26 AM

I think somebody oughta catalog all the buzzwords people have created in an attempt to define stuff -- and rate each on its success, likeability, and lifespan. Kind of like a "Hot or Not," except for buzzwords.

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