When did an apple stop being a fruit?

With progress in the media words seem to be have invented, reinvented and completely changed meaning.


Just as has always been like the media language is always changing, and the new media revolution has been no exception bring us beautiful things such as l337 5p34k or leet speak for all the n00bs out there.
 leet speak has had its own revolution through the past few years.

Originally it was a language used by hackers to communicate with each other, which slowly converged with gaming culture through their common interests. Slowly it filtered into common use through the internet and evolved. most popularly "owned" which was previously used by gamers to claim victory became "pwnd" as a result of a spelling mistake.

If you want to try your hand at converting your sentences into leet speak or other internet vocab just click here

Another thing that has appeared is the urban dictionary where people post explanations to phrases and create their own.

If the media can create and change and audiences are forced to keep up, why cant audiences change and keep the media companies on their toes?