{
  "id": 1678971,
  "title": "Dickovers, baggravation and botiquette: 18 new words to describe our tech hellscape",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/dickovers-baggravation-and-botiquette-18-new-words-to-describe-our",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-18T09:00:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/18/dickovers-baggravation-botiquette-18-new-words-tech-hellscape"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "There are many tech irritants that are a scourge of modern life, yet we have lacked the vocabulary to describe them ... until now The “dickover” is the scourge of the modern age. Coined in May by John Gruber, a tech writer, it is defined as “a modal panel, popover, or curtain presented by a website or app, deliberately obscuring its own content to frustrate the user”. Essentially, it is the thing…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}