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Chapulling
Amidst the anti-government protests that have been sweeping across Turkey, a new slang term echoing the spirit of resistance is born. And guess who coined it? None other than Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan.
NSA Leaker Reveals Himself
Edward Snowden, a former infrastructure analyst contractor for the NSA, has revealed himself as the man who leaked documents detailing the agency's secret surveillance programs.
Electronic Entertainment Expo
E3 Memes: The world's largest video game exhibition returns tomorrow for its 18th annual showcase of the latest cutting-edge technologies in the industry.
NSA-Verizon Phone Data Mining Scandal
The Guardian's exposé of the secretive U.S. spy agency's phone data-mining operation has caused quite a stir in the social media-verse today, sparking outrage, pessimism and even a few jokes about Verizon's "share everything" plan and its ever-so-fitting catchphrase “can you hear me now?”
Big Yellow Duck
This phrase was banned from the Chinese microblogging site Weibo after an image of several giant rubber ducks photoshopped into the famous "Tank Man" photograph began circulating online in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.