<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>This is ridiculous! I have never "unfriended" anyone! I have defriended a number of people, however.</div><div><br></div><div>Jeremy Graves</div><div>English Instructor</div><div>Zirve University</div><div>Gaziantep, Turkey</div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Francis Hult <francis.hult@utsa.edu><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> lgpolicy-list@groups.sas.upenn.edu<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tue, November 17, 2009 3:13:26 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [lg policy] Facebook's
'unfriend' is Word of the Year<br></font><br>
<div id="idOWAReplyText69160" dir="ltr">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;">MSNBC</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;">Facebook’s ‘unfriend’ is Word of the Year</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;">OMG! It’s that time of year again! For realsies! </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;">We just tossed the rotten jack-o’-lantern and already New Oxford American Dictionary announces its “Word of the Year.” For 2009, that word is a verb, one with which we in our social network-obsessed culture should be very familiar: “Unfriend: To remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such as Facebook.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;">Full story:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;"><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33975428/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33975428/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/</a></span></p></div></div></div><div style="position:fixed"></div>
</div><br>
</body></html>