Social words of 2009

Posted by Brian Green on December 30, 2009
Social Media

To reflection the influence that social networking sites have had on the English vocabulary in 2009 the Oxford English Dictionary has added, amongst many other words:

  • Tweetup – to organise a gatherings through Twitter
  • Hashtag – one or more words or phrases prefixed with a hash symbol (#) so that Twitter users can search tweets …
  • Unfriend – to drop a contact from Facebook

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