Shanghai-based blogger chinaSMACK has compiled a bilingual glossary of Chinese Internet/blogging/BBS terms. Useful for beginning/intermediate students of Chinese and Luddite old China hands alike, the glossary entries include the Chinese character(s) being discussed, tonal notation and well-written English explanations. Particulary fascinating are the entries explaining how Internet-based cultural memes morph over time (see the entries on 很傻,很天真 and 很黄,很暴力, for example). Thanks to Danwei for the link that led me to the chinaSMACK site.
Chinese Internet memes, a blogging glossary
By Cindy M. Carter, published
Comments
I found the choice of vocabulary very lame.
Many of these terms have been around for many years and have nothing to do with the Internet.
Bruce, March 22, 2009, 2:59a.m.