Tag: POKE

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2009/12/16/we-poll-the-populace-what-is-a-poke/'; Share In the cold, dark days pre-Facebook (BFB, as we say in these parts), a "poke" was a polite way a nurse described the feeling of a shot to a patient, or an annoying thing siblings did to each other in the backseat of a car. When we signed up for the Web wonderland that is The Book, there were several ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2009/10/09/woman-sent-to-prison-over-facebook-poke/'; Facebook has added a couple of verbs to our collective vocabulary. There's the common "Facebook," which means to message someone or request them as a friend, despite sounding more like something you'd say to somebody before punching them (e.g. "I'll Facebook you!"). And then there's to "poke" -- a gentle ...