The article concerns the influence of the IT sector on the evolution of the Polish language. The author discusses changes in vocabulary: the introduction of new terms concerning computers (usually of English origin), into the Polish language and Polish dictionaries that have been published recently. He analyses the influence of virtual reality on communicative patterns of behaviour of contemporary Poles. He explains how the words that refer to computers and the Internet have become metaphors in contemporary Polish language and how they are being used in poetry.
The subject of the article are the changes of customs after 1989 that are reflected in the twenty-first century language, and their causes. The author discusses three ranges of issues: innovation in the field of linguistic politeness of the young generation of Poles; computer and Internet vocabulary; obscenities and curses in open communication space.
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