broadcatching
n.— «“You can’t monitor 400 Web sites in a day, but with RSS, you can find out if anything has changed on 400 Web sites,” Gallagher said, adding that the process has earned a buzzword: “broadcatching” instead of broadcasting.» —“Surfing the Web? That is so 2003″ by Tricia Bishop Record Searchlight (Redding, California) July 16, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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