I had to look this one up.
Recently a co-worker started using this term to refer to sending her an IM. For me, "ping" is a computer network tool used to send an echo request to a host.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping
I wonder how many people using this term "ping me" actually knows what it means... or use to mean. I cannot imagine a true techie using it in this way and I expect that it irritates them as much as it does me.
I think it will become one of my top 5 pet peeves (hmm, I will actually have to construct this list and publish it.
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I have never heard this before either. I think it sounds kind of funny. I would have said "What do you want me to do?" Maybe she should have said pong me. You know like the atari game. He he just kidding.
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