And meet the man who gifted us with the term "bomb cyclone".
Creek gave an interview to The Observer in 2002 in which she expressed zero regret for her part in events, and objected to the interviewer's use of the term "bomb" because it had overly-negative connotations.
Adam Mathes, a blogger and computer science major at Stanford, is generally credited with having coined the term "Google bombing" almost three years ago to describe the practice of manipulating Google results through seeding the Web with links.
The term "love bombing" was reportedly coined in the 1970s by the controversial Unification Church of the United States.
The term glitter bombing first referred to throwing glitter on politicians who oppose LGBTQ rights, like Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney.
Advocates of a short-term bombing campaign were wrong.
Such gamesmanship has been termed "Google bombing," and is not unique to President Bush, or even politics.
In political terms, the bombing provided Democrats with a new opportunity to criticize Mr. Bush for failing to anticipate the perils and difficulties of occupying and rebuilding Iraq.
The term "dirty bomb" can refer to a wide variety of devices, but generally it describes one that would use a conventional explosive such as dynamite to release radioactive material into the air.
If the user enters the search terms "bomb" and "recipe" at Google, for example, the search yields the Web address www.google.com/search?q= bomb+recipes&btnG=Google+Search.
Mayor Tom Ekin termed the attempted bombing "an absolute disgrace," and organizers diverted runners onto an alternate route.
