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# news:rewired: the open, crowd-sourced, interactive jargon drinking game
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2015/02/news-rewired-drinking-game/
- Published: 2015-02-03T10:29:59.000Z
- Updated: 2020-02-29T22:27:16.000Z
- Description: A digital journalism jargon drinking game for attendees of the news rewired conference.
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: jargon, news:rewired, satire

Today, some of my students from City are [busy liveblogging news:rewired](https://www.newsrewired.com/2015/02/03/live-experimenting-in-the-newsroom/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com). So, left at a loose end, I’m sat in Shoreham, doing the very necessary work of curating the unofficial, and potentially liver-destroying news:rewired drinking game:

## Leverage/Engagement

> In my notional [#newsrw](https://twitter.com/hashtag/newsrw?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) drinking game "leverage" would be a shot, and "engagement" would be down a pint…
> 
> — Adam Tinworth (@adders) [February 3, 2015](https://twitter.com/adders/status/562553755540156416?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

## Wifi Problems

> [@adders](https://twitter.com/adders?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) "I can't get the wifi to connect" = three shots. [#newsrw](https://twitter.com/hashtag/newsrw?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)
> 
> — Marc Blank-Settle (@MarcSettle) [February 3, 2015](https://twitter.com/MarcSettle/status/562553919927091200?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

Risky – but appropriate.

## Platform

> [@markjones](https://twitter.com/MarkJones?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) Platform? Two fingers of your drink. [#newsrw](https://twitter.com/hashtag/newsrw?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)
> 
> — Adam Tinworth (@adders) [February 3, 2015](https://twitter.com/adders/status/562554649690259456?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

## Conversation

> [@adders](https://twitter.com/adders?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) 'conversation'?
> 
> — Charlie Beckett (@CharlieBeckett) [February 3, 2015](https://twitter.com/CharlieBeckett/status/562555519484043264?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

Struggling with this one. It used to be a core jargon word, but it’s been in retreat in recent years. I’m going with a shot, for nostalgia’s sake…

## Interactive

> [@nicolechanglin](https://twitter.com/NicoleChangLin?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) Yeah, that's a shot, too. [#newsrw](https://twitter.com/hashtag/newsrw?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)
> 
> — Adam Tinworth (@adders) [February 3, 2015](https://twitter.com/adders/status/562555249601568768?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

## Mobile

> [@adders](https://twitter.com/adders?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) Any variations on 'it has to work on mobile' (or does that have too much potential for liver damage at this point)?
> 
> — Claire Miller (@clairemilleruk) [February 3, 2015](https://twitter.com/clairemilleruk/status/562561246042787841?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

> [@adders](https://twitter.com/adders?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) Thanks for making that mobile-optimised. \*drinks\*
> 
> — Richard Moynihan (@richjm) [February 3, 2015](https://twitter.com/richjm/status/562561132641001473?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

Two fingers of a pint, otherwise the liver damage would just be too much to sustain.

Any more for any more?