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Unfriend is Oxford Dictonary’s word of the year

Molly Wood Nov 17, 2009
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Unfriend is Oxford Dictonary’s word of the year

Molly Wood Nov 17, 2009
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Today, Ammon Shea with Oxford University Press on why “unfriend” from the world of social media is the 2009 Word of the Year, and why “netbook,” “intexticated,” and “sexting” were also considered for the honor.

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