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Unfriend is Oxford Dictonary’s word of the year

Social media gets a big call-out from the Oxford Dictionary with its pick for word of the year.

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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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