The New Oxford American Dictionary named "unfriend," which refers to deleting someone as a friend on a social network such as Facebook, as its word of the year on Monday.
Oxford University Press USA, in a blog post, said "unfriend," a verb, had bested netbook, sexting, paywall, birther and death panel for the honor.
Words And Their Worthiness
When Michael Jackson blew a kiss into the crowd and shouted ‘Love You’, the crowd went into raptures. Read on to find out the positive vibration of words…..
When Michael Jackson blew a kiss into the crowd and shouted ‘Love You’, the crowd went into raptures. Read on to find out the positive vibration of words…..
"It has both currency and potential longevity," she said. "In the online social networking context, its meaning is understood, so its adoption as a modern verb form makes this an interesting choice for word of the year."
Previous words of the year include carbon neutral, locavore and hypermiling.
Brain Uses The Same Neural Networks To Process Both Familiar And Newly Learned Words
Experiments conducted by researchers have shown that the brain uses the same neural networks to process both familiar and newly learnt words.
Experiments conducted by researchers have shown that the brain uses the same neural networks to process both familiar and newly learnt words.
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Notorious Facebook 'Sperminator' Gets Girls Pregnant in Just a Few Clicks!
A British man has been tagged The Sperminator for getting twelve girls pregnant after wooing them on social networking site Facebook.
A British man has been tagged The Sperminator for getting twelve girls pregnant after wooing them on social networking site Facebook.
