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Until recently "to Skype" was the generic term for video calling among most of my friends and family. Given that nobody has actually used Skype for that purpose
by leoedin 6y ago
Until recently "to Skype" was the generic term for video calling among most of my friends and family. Given that nobody has actually used Skype for that purpose for 5 years, this crisis has accelerated it's decline and Zoom/WhatsApp/facetime is creeping into our vernacular.
So one crappy clunky video conferencing verb being replaced by another.
- gnomewascool 6y agoThe advantage of "to skype" is that it doesn't collide with an existing verb.
- choward 6y agoWhat's wrong with just"video call"?
- marzell 6y agoYeah that's what I've been using, guess I'm turning into an 'old' as evidenced by my hair now approaching ponytail length.
- tyldum 6y ago"Teams-meeting" has become the norm for video-conference. One of my annoying pet peeves is pointing this out and calling it "meeting on Teams" - if that's where it is. Since I use up to 5 different platforms each day...