Theos-Talk Archives (June 1998 Message tl00039)

"Today's word: infonesia or internesia

Here's a problem that's apparently becoming so widespread that it
currently has two names: infonesia and internesia. Each is used to
describe the inability to remember where one found a piece of
information. While infonesia can be more broadly applied to all media,
internesia makes it clear that the memory lapse is due to the
overwhelming amount of electronic information (e-mail, Web sites,
newsgroups, and so on) to which we're exposed. You'll know you've been
hit with it when you tell your coworkers about this new thing called
"infonesia," but forget that you read it here."

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