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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...instance, pokes fun at an oft-maligned, inscrutable household pet, appealing to cat lovers and others. (Huh is allergic.) FAIL Blog has helped popularize fail as both a noun and an exclamation, not to mention an easier-to-spell synonym for schadenfreude. Another site, This is Photobomb, gives a name to otherwise perfectly good photos spoiled by an interloper - think streakers in the background of a wedding shot. "Everybody has seen it. Nobody knew what to call it," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Building a Media Empire Around I Can Has Cheezburger | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

Cantabridgians: 1. Pretentious name given to the residents of Cambridge. 2. What Yalies call...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dictionary of Harvardisms | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

...Harvard Crimson: 1. The only thing on campus worth reading. 2. Cambridge’s only breakfast table daily, founded in 1873. 3. The name of almost every athletic team on campus, except for women’s crew and rugby (see Radcliffe...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dictionary of Harvardisms | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

Domna: 1. Ruthless (and legendary) Annenberg card swiper who left Harvard after nearly 22 years this past summer. 2. Name that still makes upperclassmen quake in their boots (especially those who forgot their swipe cards frequently...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dictionary of Harvardisms | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

...Crimson”—and an “Institute for Advanced Study” to its name...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dictionary of Harvardisms | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

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