'Unfriend' Named Oxford Word of the Year

[JMcEntegart]

Oxford's word of the year is likely to irk those who dislike social networking.

'Unfriend' Named Oxford Word of the Year : Read more

 

[brendano257]

Those are all really great words for the sake of laughs. But as for serious words, it would be no fun if it was actually a serious word.

Facebook isn't that bad, as long as your not addicted....

 

[sstym]

"Netbook – a small, very portable laptop computer with limited memory"

Limited memory?
So if I have a netbook and put a 4GB module in it, it ceases to be a netbook?

How about "limited computing power"?

 

[michaelahess]

Tramp stamp woulda been my vote.

 

[gekko668]

Some of words are funny.

Like the:
Freemium
Funemployed
Zombie bank
Teabagger
Tramp stamp
Deleb

 

[slapdashzero]

So 2009 is the year of the portmanteau, eh? It almost seems a little bit sad, really, that there aren't really any "new" words per se, just horrible, seemingly teen-speak inspired mashups. The linguist in me weeps.

 

[precariousgray]

The fact that "unfriend" has been made the word of the year can only be described as doubleplusbad.

I, for one, do not welcome our Newspeak-speaking overlords.

 

[Guest]

imho, slang and technical terms really need to be in their own dictionaries. They should not be grouped together with words that represent the official American English language. The definition for 'unfriend' is a friggin' Facebook advertisement, for Pete's sake.

 

[Zoonie]

'Teabagger' was something TOTALLY different in my book.

 

[trinix]

Lol, never heard of unfriending someone. Guess remove friend is too long. Of course I don't use facebook, so it's probably because of that.

Ah well, guess in 20 years, the only words left in the dictionary are words that didn't exist 10 years ago.

 

[JMcEntegart]

[citation][nom]Zoonie[/nom]'Teabagger' was something TOTALLY different in my book.[/citation]

Yeah. No one told the boffins at Oxford that...

 

[princeofdreams]

Ah Americanism, the bastardisation of the English language. If the Oxford American dictionary biggest announcement is the inclusion of a nonsensical word, surely they need to fine new employment...

 

[socrates047]

[citation][nom]Zoonie[/nom]'Teabagger' was something TOTALLY different in my book.[/citation]

i don't think they are halo fans, or play video games at all.lol

 

[kingnoobe]

Teabagger in no way refers to the boston tea party.. We've *gamers* have already laid claim to that word, so nice try, but um no.

 

[bogcotton]

[citation][nom]socrates047[/nom]i don't think they are halo fans, or play video games at all.lol[/citation]
[citation][nom]kingnoobe[/nom]Teabagger in no way refers to the boston tea party.. We've *gamers* have already laid claim to that word, so nice try, but um no.[/citation]

You guys have totally missed the sexual version!

"Teabagger:
1. n. A man that dips his scrotum and testicles into the mouth of another person. (as if dipping a tea bag into hot water) "

 

[Guest]

Sorry kingnoobe, but Teabagger was used long before you "gamers" laid claim to it.

 

[dark_lord69]

unfriend isn't a word

 

[Clintonio]

The nerds at Oxford probably do know abou teabagging, mostly because plenty of them are avid gaming nerds. Warwick students are worse though...

 

[kalogagatya]

if sexting is writing a message with sexual content, what would it be if you sent a perfectly normal message while having sex?

textgasm?

here's one for tomshardware: tommyfied, one addicted to toms.

 

[ssalim]

I like deleb. Haha.