Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Big in '09: Unfriend

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120488594

Good morning. Im Steve Inskeep.

The editors of�The Oxford English Dictionary�have announced their 2009 Word of the Year. It was a crowded field. The contestants included: zombie bank, death panel, birther and sexting. The winner is unfriend. If you're using a social networking site somebody can friend you and you can later turn the verb against itself and unfriend them. The word has potential longevity if you want to take the word of a lexicographer.

1 comment:

  1. Hahaha, for a moment there I thought THE Steve Inskeep had discovered our blog (???)

    Thank goodness "teabagger" didn't win, is all I can say.

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