The British weekly New Scientist says in its latest edition that the Internet has given birth to a range of quirks, modern addictions and maladies.
In a feature in its Christmas edition, the journal analyses such new phenomenon as Ego surfing and You Tube Narcissism.
Following are some of the terms that the journal has coined.
Blog Streaking: Revealing secrets or personal information online, which for everybody's sake would be best kept private.
Crackberry: The curse of the modern executive, not being able to stop checking your BlackBerry even at you grandmother's funeral.
Cyberchondria: Too much reliance on online research. A headache and a particular rash at the same time? Extensive online research tells you it must be cancer.
Egosurfing: Searching Google for your own name. When "just checking" gets out of control.
Infornography: A condition that arises due to too much acquiring and sharing information has become an addiction for you.
You Tube narcissism: Posting hours of videos of yourself on Youtube. Not even your closest family want to see hours of your holiday videos.
Google-stalking: Snooping online on old friends, colleagues or first dates.
MySpace impersonation: Many of us pretend to be someone we're not when we are online, but some will pretend to be a well-known figure.
Powerpointlessness: One too many flashy slides.
Photolurking: Flicking through a photo album of someone you've never met.
Wikipediholism: Excessive devotion to a certain online collaborative encyclopedia.
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