Unfriend is the 2009 Word of the Year
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While driving home after work and listening to NPR, I heard that Unfriend is the 2009 New Oxford American Dictionary Word of the Year. I admit that it makes me feel sane to deny a friend request when I have no idea who a person is or when I deny a friend request because I am not friends with that person but i am not sure that I have ever unfriended someone. It also makes me wonder if I have been unfriended at least in the social networking world.
Shouldn’t the Word of the Year be a positive word instead of a word that represents a fault in our society to automatically end friendships instead of working things out? We shouldn’t encourage unfriending, right? Okay I’m done.
Don't worry Laura I would never unfriend you
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4 Comments on Unfriend is the 2009 Word of the Year
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on Tue, Nov 17th 2009 @ 11:44 pm
That sounds reasonable.
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on Wed, Jan 12th 2011 @ 10:57 am
I know this post is old so sorry for my late comment, but I think I may have unfriended someone in real life recently. It’s sort of one of those things where you try not have friends that you don’t really like anymore.
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on Wed, Jan 12th 2011 @ 11:07 am
If it is the girl I am thinking about, then she needs a dose of reality in her life. Maybe being unfriended will make her sit and think of why she was unfriended.
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on Tue, Nov 17th 2009 @ 10:23 pm
If I notice that someone posts a lot of stupid status updates, quizzes, or Mafia Wars/Farmtown/ville AND I realize that I have no idea who they are, I admit that I will unfriend them. I can’t help myself.