{"id":839,"date":"2008-06-15T08:55:41","date_gmt":"2008-06-15T13:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=839"},"modified":"2008-06-15T08:55:41","modified_gmt":"2008-06-15T13:55:41","slug":"define-camwhore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/06\/15\/define-camwhore","title":{"rendered":"Define: camwhore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google needs this in their dictionary. Thank goodness, the Urban Dictionary offers several opinions on what it is to be a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=camwhore\">camwhore<\/a> (thus, practising the art of camwhoring, or <em>to camwhore<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>See: narcissism, media whore<\/p>\n<p>Synonymous with: attention whore<\/p>\n<p>Ref.: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cam_whore\">Wikipedia:Cam_whore<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/06\/13\/on-whoring-oneself\">On whoring oneself<\/a><\/p>\n<p>N\/B: camwhoring has nothing to do with prostitution. How often have we seen people charging for viewing pictures or videos of themselves? Maybe I&#8217;m surfing the wrong sites&#8230; but I&#8217;m pretty sure its generally <em>free<\/em> for all to see.<\/p>\n<p>Unless of course, you remember <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/JenniCam\">JenniCam<\/a> (yes kids, the Internet did exist in 1996 :P) Today, iJustine, and Justin.tv call it &#8220;lifecasting&#8221;. A decade ago, we called it camwhoring. Terminology&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Maybe, Paul McFedries needs to add this to the WordSpy&#8230; go read an entry, like one on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordspy.com\/words\/brandslut.asp\">brand sluts<\/a>, for instance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Define%3A%20camwhore&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F06%2F15%2Fdefine-camwhore&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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Thank goodness, the Urban Dictionary offers several opinions on what it is to be a camwhore (thus, practising the art of camwhoring, or to camwhore). See: narcissism, media whore Synonymous with: attention whore Ref.: Wikipedia:Cam_whore, On whoring oneself N\/B: camwhoring has nothing to do with prostitution. 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