Hoax alert
Fair warning. Tomorrow is April Fools Day. Slate offers a defense kit to protect even the most gullible among us.
PC Magazine compiled this list of top 10 April Fools’ online pranks.
Webster’s New World College Dictionary issues its annual April Fools’ Day rant on the worst in current English.
Most irksome euphemish: “Issue. We used to have problems; now we have issues (or concerns)”
Google has established an April Fools’ Day tradition of launching inventive hoaxes, but also has introduced some legitimate products, such as Gmail, which was incorrectly labeled a joke.
Wired magazine issued its 10 best April Fools’ pranks for nerds (and these are geeky).
If you’re tempted to pull a prank in the office, you should read this story from our own Paula Burkes about inappropriate places and times for such shenaningans.
Don Mecoy
Business Writer
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