Jennifer's got a point, though pretty much everything's easy to make fun of, if you're so inclined. "Friending" is an excellent example, but then, so is corporate speak, and so are the tribal rituals of academia. (Ooo, a full professor.)

One analogy I've used, Harold, for things that you really do need to experience is that of the "magic eye" style optical illusion (the autostereogram).

If you've never see a 3D image appear from what looks like a 2D mess, you probably won't completely buy into someone else's explanation of what it's like.