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“Unfriend” is Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year

It seems that “word of the year” announcements have become the de facto way for dictionary makers to grab some social media buzz by selecting a word from our neck of the woods. And sure enough, they’ve done it again, this time with Oxford Dictionary declaring “unfriend” the word of 2009. The definition of the verb is just as you’d expect: “To remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking … (News Source: Mashable - 18:37:00)

Oxford’s word of the year? ‘Unfriend’

The ubiquitous Digital Age insult, brought into the mainstream with the rise of Facebook, is the dictionary’s top term of 2009. (News Source: CNET - 18:14:39)

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