According to the American Dialect Society, ‘tweet’ was the word of the year for 2009, and ‘google’ is the word of the decade. Twitter hasn’t taken off in Australia as much as in the U.S., but wherever you are, it’s hard to imagine life without Google. I think it deserves its place as word of the decade – what do you think?
In another vote (I’m not sure which vote has more prestige!), ‘unfriend’ was named word of the year in 2009 by the New Oxford American Dictionary. Unfriend, as in the process of quietly removing someone from your friend list on Facebook or Twitter.
And finally, Macquarie Dictionary has opened votes for the word of the year. There are some interesting words in the Internet, Communications and Technology categories.
It’s interesting how social media is impacting our vocabulary.
Thanks to Wayne for giving me a call while driving (I’m sure he was using a hands-free kit!) to let me know about this interesting news. On a completely unrelated note, you might also like to check out Wayne’s useful site – Macintosh How To.
Yes I’ve heard a lot about these and interesting that “unfriend” beat out its rival “defriend”