Internet Crazes
Verb
assemble in proper sequence
Tens of thousands of Youtube clips have been gathered and collated by director Kevin MacDonald into a feature film meant to depict a "single day on earth."
Verb
ridicule somebody or something
The head of US National Public Radio has resigned amid a row over a video showing an NPR executive deriding conservative activists.
Adjective
showy and dashing in a self-satisfied way
Antoine Dodson became an Internet sensation overnight. His flamboyant nature and outspoken comments about the bedroom intruder has swept the nation.
Noun
mammal whose young develop in a pouch on the mother's abdomen
The German tabloid Bild has ‘discovered’ a darling cross-eyed opossum named Heidi in the Leipzig Zoo and launched her to marsupial stardom in just a few short weeks.
Adjective
position particularly suitable for the person occupying it
A new niche social network brings people together with the same intestinal bacteria, providing a forum for sharing diet tips and digestive anecdotes.
Adjective
stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
A man plunged to his death from a 7th floor balcony after participating in the internet craze of "planking," in which people lie prostrate in unusual and often dangerous situations.
Adjective
very strange and silly
The online store ThinkGeek annually comes out with an April Fool's Day page to test some of their most zany products without the regular marketing mumbo jumbo.