• Fidgetal - blend of finger and digital. Referred to the use of the fingers to provide input above a mobile device.
• MisApp - something going terribly wrong due to over reliance on latest Phone gizmo
• Wikisqueak - sound emitted by diplomat who realises she's sent confidential telegram without proper encryption
• Dreadsheet - spreadsheet containing very bad financial news
• Disgracebook - social networking site advertising user's embarrassing past
• Mobile drone - lover of interminable tedious and public phone conversations
• Sin card - alternative device to fit in mobile for immoral communication
• Powerpointless - universal feeling in room at end of hi-tech executive presentation of negligible value
• Skypeochondria - queasy feeling brought on by obsessive fear of being offline
• Scroogele - search engine for people trying to find cheapest online gifts
Source: BBC, "The future is fidgetal"
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