Anyone who has ever used a social network is familiar with "unfriending" - the act of deleting someone from your friends list on sites like Facebook for one reason or another. The term has become so popular in recent years, the New Oxford American Dictionary has chosen "unfriend" as their 2009 Word of the Year!
The Word of the Year is supposed to reflect the ever-evolving English language. Each year, Oxford University Press chooses one word that they feel best sums up the mood of that year.
So for 2009, this word is "unfriend." Am I the only one that thinks that is a little bit sad?
Other contenders were: netbook (a small laptop), and sexting (sending sexually explicit texts and pictures via cell phone). My, my what a tech-heavy world we are living in!
What do you think of their choice? Do you regularly use the term "unfriend?"
via AOL News
