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March 28th, 2002

Information Superhighway

One of the misnomers for the Internet I absolutely hated, and still do, was “information superhighway.”

A Google search for it reveals a whopping 127,000 results! The Information Superhighway even has an overpass and a rest stop.

Interestingly, the Google search for “internet” brings up 109 million results – and look at #1. Egads.

Were there any catch-phrases for the Internet that you hated? Or loved? -pm

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