Smishing.
Used in a sentence: "It's so hard to keep up with the kids and their toys these days -- and even harder to keep up with the people who prey on the kids and their toys these days -- but now on the heels of phishing and pharming and vishing comes smishing, trickery now delivered to you the consumer by way of text message."
Would that it were more like the joy of smushing as brought to us by those Jersey Shore folks, but instead it appears to be the permission we need to get paranoid about every electronic interaction we have. My solution -- I'll be assigning safe words to each of you with whom I electronically interact on a regular basis.
Come to think of it, I guess could employ that same safe word technique as it relates to smushing as well. If you and I fall into that category with regards to our interactions ... well, I'll text you separately.
BEWARE THE SMISH:
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/11/smishing.html
SPLITTING ELECTRONIC ATTACK HAIRS? SEE THE DEFINITIONS HERE:
http://security.intuit.com/phishing.html
IN CASE YOU'RE BEHIND ON YOUR JERSEY SHORE SLANG:
http://remotecontrol.mtv.com/2009/12/17/jersey-slang-part-two-what-it-means-to-go-smush-yourself/
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