"...cast" is the new "...ster"

If you haven’t noticed, lots of new frankenwords are making their way through the online lexicon. Napster was one of the originals, prompting a number of new names like Friendster, Feedster and Dogster.

Now we’re seeing the proliferation of new words based on Podcasting. Some that I’ve seen are Beercasts (credit to Greg Narain), Snapcasts (credit to Jake McKee), blogcasts (credit to Jeff Jarvis) and pocketcasting. Maybe soon we’ll see a new social network of podcasters: podster.

Note: All "credits" above are purely speculative and based on incomplete research.