Title IX
From The Department of Justice:
Overview of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 On June 23, 1972, the President signed Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. §1681 et seq., into law. Title IX is a comprehensive federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity. The principal objective of Title IX is to avoid the use of federal money to support sex discrimination in education programs and to provide individual citizens effective protection against those practices. Title IX applies, with a few specific exceptions, to all aspects of federally funded education programs or activities. In addition to traditional educational institutions such as colleges, universities, and elementary and secondary schools, Title IX also applies to any education or training program operated by a recipient of federal financial assistance. The Department of Education has issued regulations on the requirements of Title IX, 34 C.F.R. § 106.1et seq. The Title IX common rule published on August 30, 2000 covers education program providers/recipients that are funded by other federal agencies.
Internet:
The global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities to its users, and consisting of a loose confederation of interconnected networks which use standardized communication protocols; (also) the information available on this network.
(OED)
Tumblr
Before there was social networking, there were blogs. And in an effort to muddle things, at one point in time the concept of blogging without trying too hard became known as microblogging. Tumblr is part microblogging, part social networking.
If you want to write a several-thousand-word opus about something, Tumblr isn’t the place to do it. If you want to share a moving picture of a little kid acting like a detective as quickly and easily as possible, Tumblr is a good place to do it. That’s the microblogging aspect to Tumblr. Then, other Tumblr users who like moving pictures of little kids acting like detectives can follow you on Tumblr so they’re sure to see every moving little-kid-acting-like-a-detective picture you post. That’s the social networking aspect to Tumblr.
Tumblr’s About page, which says:
Tumblr lets you effortlessly share anything.
Post text, photos, quotes, links, music and videos from your browser, phone, desktop, e-mail or wherever you happen to be. You can customize everything, from colors to your theme’s HTML.
How big is Tumblr?
Tumblr currently boasts 108.4 million blogs with 50.9 billion posts. The company reportedly employs around 175 people, many of whom are about to buy nice cars.
(http://techland.time.com/2013/05/19/what-is-tumblr/)
Snapchat
The mobile app that allows users to capture videos and pictures that self destruct after a few seconds. When a user sends a message they get to decide whether it will live for between 1 and 10 seconds. After that it’s history, probably.
Screen capture is possible
Even though Snapchat doesn’t support saving received messages, Smartphone operating systems like Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android do allow you to capture the screen. And, as retro as this might seem, it’s also possible to take a picture of the screen with another camera — such as a friend’s cell phone camera. Snapchat tries to notify the person taking the picture if it determines that the screen has been captured.
Photos can be undeleted
And never assume that something that’s vanished is truly gone. Just as there are utilities that can “undelete” PC files that have been dragged into the trash, there is a way to restore deleted Snapchat pictures, at least on an Android device. As Forbes’ Kashmir Hill wrote, a Utah-based forensics examiner has demonstrated how his firm can restore deleted Snapchat photos from Android devices and is working on a way to do the same with iOS phones and tablets.
Sexting worries
There have been all sorts of press reports about Snapchat being used for “sexting” — taking naked or sexually suggestive pictures of yourself and sending them to someone else. And some worry that — because of screen capture — these pictures could wind up being circulated on the Internet.
Regarding nudity, in his appearance at at All Things D Dive into Mobile in April, Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel said “I don’t think that’s how the service is used typically,” according to The Verge’s live blog of the talk. “Usage falls off by 11PM,” he said. He added that “it’s not a great way to send inappropriate content.” At the event last month, Spiegel said that there are about 150 million photos shared via Snapchat daily.
Having fun with their clothes on
But just because most teens and others aren’t sending out naked pictures, doesn’t mean that they’re not having fun with the service. There are all sorts of things people like to share for immediate consumption, ranging from wacky facial expressions to pictures of a meal they’re about to eat. It’s a way to share a moment with a specific friend and — in a way — a bit of an antidote to traditional social networking which is, well, kind of permanent. In fact, the motivation for creating the service – Spiegel told me and my ConnectSafely.org co-director Anne Collier in a phone conversation — was to create a service that provided more privacy than Facebook on other social networks.
Snapchat guide for parents
You can block a user on Snapchat. Snapcat is not for children under 13. Children under 13 are prohibited but since Snapchat doesn’t ask for age on signup, parents or others need to report if a child under 13 is using it.
(http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrymagid/2013/05/01/what-is-snapchat-and-why-do-kids-love-it-and-parents-fear-it/)
Twitter
Twitter, a company with a rocky early beginning that is now worth $31.9 billion and has 271 million users each month. Twitter was conceived in 2006 as a way to share status updates with friends, phrases as simple as “reading,” which you can see on an early mock-up of the service.
Eight years later Twitter is so much more. Its users came up with great features such as replies, hashtags and retweets. The best things about Twitter arguably came from people who didn’t work at the company.
Here’s how the company explained itself in a sentence or two:
Sept. 2006-Oct. 2006
Twitter is for staying in touch and keeping up with friends no matter where you are or what you’re doing. For some friends you might want instant mobile updates — for others, you can just check the Web.
Nov. 2006-Sept. 2007
A global community of friends and strangers answering one simple question: What are you doing?
Oct. 2007
Twitter asks, “What are you doing?” Friends answer with short messages. Updates are sent everywhere — instantly!
Nov. 2007-July 2009
Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co-workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?
Aug. 2009-March 2010
Share and discover what’s happening right now, anywhere in the world.
April 2010-Aug. 2010
Discover what’s happening right now, anywhere in the world.
Sept. 2010-April 2011
The best way to discover what’s new in your world.
May 2011-Feb. 2012
Instant updates from your friends, industry experts, favorite celebrities, and what’s happening around the world.
March 2012-Oct. 2013
Find out what’s happening, right now, with the people and organizations you care about.
Nov. 2013-June 2014
Start a conversation, explore your interests, and be in the know.
July 2014-present
Connect with your friends — and other fascinating people. Get in-the-moment updates on the things that interest you. And watch events unfold, in real time, from every angle.
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2014/09/12/what-is-twitter-as-explained-by-its-evolving-tagline/)
e-tabs
Ecstasy tablets - drugs
(http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=e-tab)
E-Tabs is a software company with headquarters in London, England.
The company develops and delivers report automation solutions and services. The company was established in 1993 as ISPC by one of the original founders of Quantime- a specialist Data Processing software. Following a management buyout in 1999 ISPC was rebranded as E-Tabs.
E-Tabs software automatically populates charts, graphs and reports in PowerPoint, Excel, Word and HTML. Their products and services are used in market research as research projects often involve reporting work. Automating charts, graphs and reports improves accuracy and prevents time and resources being wasted on data entry.
Report automation is beneficial for projects with repetitive elements, tracking studies, ongoing studies, one-off multi-segment studies across brands or regions, and concept testing studies.
E-Tabs have won awards for innovation including one of The Queen's Awards for Enterprise and an ASC/MRS Award for Technology Effectiveness.
(http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Tabs)
viral
The widespread availability of cheap video editing and publishing tools have helped create an online phenomenon known as the viral video. Named for the way such videos are spread the viral video is a piece of video content that gains significant popularity through Internet sharing.
Through the use of email, instant messaging, blogging, and services like Facebook, Twitter, and Digg, certain videos (most often comedic or astounding in nature) simply “go viral”—or, spread like wildfire through the many person-to-person channels that exist online.
Viral video is largely responsible for the concept of the “internet fame,” making individuals or groups whose videos go viral famous (or infamous) overnight. Video websites like YouTube are breeding grounds for such hopefuls.
Many businesses have developed their own videos, video blogs (“vlogs”), and other kinds of video marketing campaigns, with the hopes of viral success. Viral success can mean great exposure for a company’s brand or product, and can generate a significant amount of energy across the web.
(http://websmart.tv/learn/what-is-viral-video/)
Emo (as in "emo girl")
Shortened version of "emo-core" which means:
A style of popular music originating in the United States in the mid 1980s, derived from hardcore punk music and characterized by emotional, usually introspective lyrics. Also: the subculture or style associated with this music.
(OED)
emo girl
An emo girl is a girl who likes to dress in emo fashion, has an emo(tional) personality and listens to emo music. (Such as Bright Eyes.) Emo girls like to hang out with other emo girls and emo boys. They are usually sad most of the time, do not smile very often, and just like emo boys, show no signs of self worth or self confidence whatsoever and will not make eye contact with you.
An emo girl has very dark hair, either cut somewhere around their shoulder, or in the classic emo haircut, which is sort of short and spiky in the back with long sweeping bangs in the front. Their hair has to be very dark brown or black, or in some cases very light blonde as long as the cut is right. No matter what, it must be worn so that it is covering part of their face at all times. This is because emo girls tend to be shy and mysterious and don’t really want their face to show too much. They usually wear a lot of dark eyeliner and tend to have washed out skin.
Most emo girls are vegetarians or vegans. Although some girls just dress in the emo style, most emo girls are sad; cry and write poetry a lot, and tend to cut their wrists. They usually hide this by wearing armbands or lots of happy colored bracelets.
Their clothing consists of tight jeans, converse and dark colored tight shirts. They also might have a scarf on. They may a few have pins from shows on their jeans. They usually have at least a few piercings and wear lots of happy colored jewelry. Some wear horn rimmed glasses, some do not. They really don’t like it if you confuse them with a goth. Emo and goth are very different so don’t make this mistake.
They are most likely to be seen at shows, looking completely sad and lost. Emo girls also love it when emo boys make out with each other (which they tend to do a lot).
Just like Emo boys, they usually walk with their head down not making eye contact with anyone. Although most Emo kids are very sad and feel like the world hates them, they tend to understand what other Emo kids are going through.
(http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Emo+Girl)
jam (as in "...not my jam")
A song that a person is particularly fond of, sometimes to the point of being their personal anthem or theme song. derived from the expression "jamming out".
(http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jam&defid=1549405)
A positive multifunctiontional expression for wanting to be "all over" a person, place, or thing .b. This word is also used singuarly as an exclamation of goodness or excitment. c. A serisouly groovy tune i.e. Bennie and the Jets. Originally derived from the Rasta term "Jammin" as applied to music and musical performances made popluar by Bob Marley.
(http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jam)
smexi (as in "...cool as in smexi")
Smart and Sexy
Vary rare type of girl, most smart girls are ugly and most sexy girls are dumb, but there's the occasional smexi girl.
(http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Smexi)