Nov 16

The Oxford Word of the Year 2009: Unfriend

Dennis Spring

by Dennis Spring
Category: Australia, Digital Influence, Facebook, Research & Insights

The New Oxford American Dictionary has announced it’s 2009 Word of the Year:

unfriend – verb – To remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such as Facebook.

Who would have thought that with all the talk of short form communication eroding the English language, social media would make such a significant contribution? LOL.

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