iTard, Therefore iAm

I was lexicologically left out when the Chronicle claimed someone else invented the word iTard.

Luckily, one of my fans pointed it out:

Another reason I am writing is that I feel you have been slighted by the Chronicle in an article from earlier this week. Slighted in the sense that the author gives credit for the term "iTard" to this Daniel Lyons guy from Forbes that has the fake Steve Jobs blog. I was able to recall a hate blog post by you from waaaayyyyy back (and long before this guy's blog existed - 2006) that used the term. I am not sure if you were the 1st to coin the term "iTard" back when you made the post in October of 2005, but I thought that if you were, then compensation is in order! ;-)

Take a look below at my research (yes, work was a bit slow today). If nothing else, a tersely worded letter to Chron's editors may be in order.

Enjoy,
Keith

So, from the SF Chronicle business section, "Steve Jobs he's not, but funny he is on the Net," by Jessica Guynn, Tuesday, August 7, 2007:

"Daniel Lyons, a 46-year-old senior editor with Forbes magazine, came clean after the New York Times unmasked the anonymous blogger behind "The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs" http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/ on Sunday.

Everyone wanted to know who had dubbed Apple customers "iTards," rival Bill Gates "Beastmaster," ponytailed Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz "My Little Pony," influential Wall Street Journal columnist Walter Mossberg "Goatberg," and Eric Schmidt, Google's chief executive and an Apple director "Squirrel Boy."

From Camper's Hate Log, October 16, 2005:

Various Types of iTards

iHole- the place an iPod owner lives.

BiPods- people who own two iPods are somehow four times as bad as those who own only one.

ReJay- someone who thinks he's a DJ because he made an iPod playlist and plugged it in somewhere.

PodSkateer- an iTard who wears big Mickey Mouse DJ headphones.

iClod- an iTard who keeps getting snagged in the cord.

iWad- the cluster of iPod accessories an iTard owns.

Act of Pod- the stunning coincidence an iTard will blather on to you about when what's on their random playlist correlates to something that just happened in the real world. IT'S LIKE IT KNOWS WHAT WE WERE THINKING.

iRod- the Mini Cooper.

Stand and Poddle- what an iTard at the gym is doing when they spend the whole time playing with their mp3 player instead of actually working out.

izodPod- an iPod filled with only ironic 80's music.