Clip... the word is short and used to mean very little, until its association with other words gave it whole new meanings. Actually by now it may well be the most used word around and not a day goes by that we don't say it a hundred time.
The computers have taken hold of our life, to the point of changing our behavior, and the clip is the undisputed king of the Web. Do we hear about a new movie? We're sure to find a free movie clip online to let us have a look before the film even reaches the theaters. Why wait to hear the latest music hit on the radio? Surely the preview audio clip is available on the web to let us have a peak.
When it comes to family photos we no longer settle for ordinary and call on flash clip construction to create a piece of art; and if we're one of the many bloggers, no doubt we'll make extensive use of free clip arts to enhance our online diary.
Nowadays we save clips as the past generations saved pictures or newspaper clippings; video clip download is so simple, and we want to keep them all.. our PC is positively invaded and some wise guys had to come up with clip dump software to help us work our way through that wealth of images.
Did I say the clip was king of the Web? It's the emperor, unchallenged and unstoppable.