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social notworking pp. Surfing a social networking site instead of working. Also: social not-working.
social notworker n.

Example Citations:
It's time businesses faced up to Facebook.

Some users waste hours on social notworking sites, but a gentle hint may work better than a ban.
—Daniel Robinson, "It's time businesses faced up to Facebook," IT Week, October 8, 2007

Slim-line, modern and slick, this metal and glass computer desk features a pull-out keyboard worktop and shelf, perfect for wasting time social "not-working".
—Charlotte Philby, "The Ten Best Desks," Independent Extra, August 11, 2008

Earliest Citation:
Welcome to SocialNotworking.co.uk. The idea behind this site is to offer some alternatives to those people who have been there, done that and got the t-shirt in terms of the whole social networking phenomena.

In the same way as smokers get away with working less than non-smokers due to their smoking breaks, those people developing addictions to social networking sites are working less, and notworking more!
—"Welcome...," SocialNotworking.co.uk, July 8, 2007

Related Words:
defriend
fakester
friend
six degrees patent
social networking
social networking fatigue
sunlighting
timesuck
undertime

Subject Categories:
Business - Employees
Computers - Social Networking

Posted on August 15, 2008


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