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rubah
11-18-2009, 03:04 AM
Oxford Word of the Year 2009: Unfriend : OUPblog (http://blog.oup.com/2009/11/unfriend/)

*jean-luc picard*
Psychotic
11-18-2009, 03:22 AM
*unfriends rubah*
Jessweeee♪
11-18-2009, 03:27 AM
DISLIKE
Markus. D
11-18-2009, 03:34 AM
defriend... unfriend = much better.

Also, among the clutter I saw their definition for teabagger... *dislike*
Shlup
11-18-2009, 03:36 AM
Some of the words they considered amused me.

I like "defriend" better.
Freya
11-18-2009, 03:38 AM
Roffle the definition for teabagger xD
Raistlin
11-18-2009, 03:53 AM
Oh, if only "teabagger" or "tramp stamp" had won.

I'm not sure I've seen "unfriend" much, ever. I thought "defriend" was the norm.
rubah
11-18-2009, 04:17 AM
that's what I thought, too.

I guess we're all still hip kids and they're the adults not wise to our lingo jingo.

Although jesse and tsukasa's posts have me contemplating an orwellian facebook future.

Reducing our responses to single words is only the first step.

maybe someday, facebook will start offering generic statuses to pick and post from.
Or a mad-lib style, where you pick the appropriate word to fill in...


..if only I were CEO of this thing... oh the havoc I could wreak
NorthernChaosGod
11-18-2009, 08:01 AM
I like defriend better.

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Badge
11-18-2009, 10:14 AM
Wtf is 'lex-appeal'? :(
Rye
11-18-2009, 10:16 AM
Hahaha, teabagger.

Defriend is preferred, but both make me laugh. Though I think it's much bigger of a deal if you defriend someone on LJ than on FB.
Shlup
11-18-2009, 10:19 AM
Though I think it's much bigger of a deal if you defriend someone on LJ than on FB.

Yeah, you're expected to like seriously explain. It's annoying. On FB I can just make it so people don't show up on my wall.
Rantz
11-18-2009, 10:24 AM
Funemployed. New life goal, get!
Christmas
11-18-2009, 10:45 AM
Defriend is better cause it sounds like Destroy. :bigsmile:
Timekeeper
11-19-2009, 06:27 AM
Oh man, this just seems low to me, a proper dictionary giving up its integrity to stay hip...
NorthernChaosGod
11-19-2009, 06:37 AM
Oh man, this just seems low to me, a proper dictionary giving up its integrity to stay hip...

Lol, they've been adding slang and the like for years now.
Jessweeee♪
11-19-2009, 06:43 AM
Oh man, this just seems low to me, a proper dictionary giving up its integrity to stay hip...

Lol, they've been adding slang and the like for years now.

Only after a word's been around for at least a decade!
The Man
11-19-2009, 07:40 AM
This is the first I've ever heard the word "unfriend" used. I've always heard "defriend" before.
Madame Adequate
11-19-2009, 10:40 AM
Unfriend ungood.
Breine
11-19-2009, 03:47 PM
Defriend is better.


Anyway, funemployed is a great word xD .. and tramp stamp is a classic.
Linus
11-19-2009, 04:11 PM
Defriend is actually more accurate as "de-" implies an action. The stem "un-" just implies a lack of something.

Stupid Oxford.
Flying Mullet
11-19-2009, 04:22 PM
You don't have to worry about these things if you never friend them in the first place.