WILF WORDS

I read this in METRO, the paper picked up for free on public transport.

Web users’eyes
are wandering...
BRITONS spend an average two
working days a month aimlessly
surfing the Internet, a study has
found. More than two-thirds of web
users admitted regularly being
distracted, or ‘wilfing’ - short for
‘What was I looking for?’ Nearly a
quarter of those questioned said they
spent 30 per cent or more of their
online time wilfing - equal to one
working day a fortnight.
Jason Lloyd, a spokesman for
researchers at price comparison
website moneysupermarket.com
said: ‘Although people log on with a
purpose, they are now being offered
so much choice and online
distraction that many forget what
they are there for.’

Some of my friends and I have used the term ‘wilfnapped’ to describe a conversation with a man we know.