Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Unfriend is US dictionary's 2009 word of the year - Boston.com

Sign of the times

Each year Oxford University Press tracks how the English language is changing and chooses a word that best reflects the mood of the year.

Oxford lexicographer Christine Lindberg says unfriend has "real lex appeal."

Finalists for 2009 also included netbook, which is a small laptop, and sexting, which is sending sexually explicit texts and pictures by cell phone.

Unfriend is US dictionary's 2009 word of the year - Boston.com

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