'Unfriend' named Word of the Year in New Oxford American Dictionary.Byline: ANI Melbourne, Nov 17 (ANI): The New Oxford American Dictionary The New Oxford American Dictionary (NOAD) is a single-volume dictionary of North American English by the American editors at the Oxford University Press. The latest second edition contains some 250,000 entries and definitions. has named 'unfriend', which means deleting a friend from a site such as Facebook, as its word of the year. Oxford University Press USA revealed in a blog post that 'unfriend', a verb, had beaten netbook, sexting, paywall, birther and death panel for the honour. "Unfriend has real lex-appeal," the Herald Sun quoted Christine Lindberg, senior lexicographer A person who writes dictionaries. See computer lexicographer. for Oxford's US dictionary program as saying. "It has both currency and potential longevity. "In the online social networking context, its meaning is understood, so its adoption as a modern verb form makes this an interesting choice for word of the year," she added. Previous words of the year had included carbon neutral, locavore and hypermiling. Locavores are people who eat locally grown food while hypermilers modify their cars and driving techniques to maximise petrol mileage. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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