Over the last year or so I've found a new meaning for an old word enter into existence. Mash is now used to mean "to push" or "to select" as in .... mash a button on a phone. For instance, at work we have a computerized dialer that makes hundreds of calls and it tells people to answer to select various options. By the time I get people on the phone, many now tell me that "your computer system told me to mash the #2 if I wasn't the person." Every time I hear someone use this new meaning I think ... no, our computer program did not tell you to mash the button. Mashing is for potatoes. I just don't think of buttons as being mashable. But some people sure do. I suppose it is the Internet having introduced new meanings? Here's a tee I thought was cute from http://mashable.com/ Sexy Helvetica by Mashable Create personalized t-shirts At zazzle Browse Arts Design Fashion T-Shirts
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