So, the word of the year for Oxford English Dictionary is "Unfriend"
I approve. It's new and vibrant with a pepper sprinkle of Shakespeare even. He invented "disremember" remember?
What do you think of Oxford's choice?
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Jig Chippewa
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11-17-2009 16:28
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Dakota Tebaldi
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11-17-2009 16:37
I find the Oxford Dictionary of Earth Sciences more useful personally, but all of their books are first rate - the ones such as I've happened to glance through, anyway.
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Tod69 Talamasca
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11-17-2009 21:33
I tried reading one of those once.....
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Pserendipity Daniels
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11-17-2009 22:24
Actually, Jig, I think that you'll find it's some coarse American upstart dictionary. Think of it as the equivalent of the boy adopted by wolves.
Elsewhere I have expressed my preference for defriend, and received support for the view. Apart from anything else, what would this neologism make "unfriendly" mean? Pep (The NOAD is used on the iPhone for goodness sake!  )_____________________
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11-18-2009 01:51
Apart from anything else, what would this neologism make "unfriendly" mean? Using "unfriendly" with that in mind I know many people of the unfriendly sort. Every time their poor little feelings get hurt out comes that little personality quirk. I have four calling cards from the same person and I'm not even the one that torqued them off. Its became a parlay of sorts in my circles. We place under/over bets on how long it will take before we all told in dramatic fashion that ********** is no longer on our friends list. _____________________
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Pserendipity Daniels
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11-18-2009 01:58
This all sounds like a combination of Toni Braxton and Miley Cyrus's dad . . .
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RockAndRoll Michigan
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11-18-2009 05:26
I must say the word "unfriend" feels quite creepy. Rather like Newspeak. What's next? Ungood? Just a little too 1984 for me.
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Jig Chippewa
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11-18-2009 06:28
I must say the word "unfriend" feels quite creepy. Rather like Newspeak. What's next? Ungood? Just a little too 1984 for me. That's wicked! But "unfriend" is not unfriendly, it's jus' being careful. Roll on the newwave speak - we can't live in 20 C. fr'vr. And 1984 waznt so bad - not that I ecall much of it. With monika like rockn'roll you need more rocking and less rolling, squire! _____________________
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Pserendipity Daniels
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11-18-2009 06:44
That's wicked! But "unfriend" is not unfriendly, it's jus' being careful. Roll on the newwave speak - we can't live in 20 C. fr'vr. And 1984 waznt so bad - not that I ecall much of it. With monika like rockn'roll you need more rocking and less rolling, squire! Paul McCartney Pipes Of Peace Frankie Goes To Hollywood Relax Nena 99 Red Balloons Lionel Richie Hello Duran Duran The Reflex Wham! Wake Me Up Before You Go Go Frankie Goes To Hollywood Two Tribes George Michael Careless Whisper Stevie Wonder I Just Called To Say I Love You Wham! Freedom Chaka Khan I Feel For You Jim Diamond I Should Have Known Better Frankie Goes To Hollywood The Power Of Love Band Aid Do They Know It's Christmas Pep (On the upside, three Frankies and a Band Aid, on the down side, two Whams and a Nena.) _____________________
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RockAndRoll Michigan
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11-18-2009 08:34
That's wicked! But "unfriend" is not unfriendly, it's jus' being careful. Roll on the newwave speak - we can't live in 20 C. fr'vr. And 1984 waznt so bad - not that I ecall much of it. With monika like rockn'roll you need more rocking and less rolling, squire! Wrong 1984.  I was talking about Orwellian 1984, not the Me decade. lolI have many fond memories of the 80's too, since I did the bulk of my growing up in the late 70's through the 80's (I also just happen to be the same age as Phillip Rosedale). |
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11-18-2009 09:02
Actually, Jig, I think that you'll find it's some coarse American upstart dictionary. Think of it as the equivalent of the boy adopted by wolves. Elsewhere I have expressed my preference for defriend, and received support for the view. Apart from anything else, what would this neologism make "unfriendly" mean? Pep (The NOAD is used on the iPhone for goodness sake! )Nah! "Be" goes with "un". As in beloved and unloved. So you get, befriended and unfriended. In your version, we would have beloved and deloved! _____________________
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Chris Norse
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11-18-2009 09:37
This all sounds like a combination of Toni Braxton and Miley Cyrus's dad . . . Pep (That would be one hell of a mashup, eh?) I once told Billy Ray to bring me a beer one time. It was about a month before he got famous and he was playing a small club in my town. I didn't know who the hell he was, just that he was bothering me when I was trying to talk to a girl. So I told him to make himself useful and go get me a beer. _____________________
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Dakota Tebaldi
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11-18-2009 10:26
Actually, Jig, I think that you'll find it's some coarse American upstart dictionary. Except that Oxford University is in the UK, which means you're wrong. _____________________
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StaggerLee Voom
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11-18-2009 10:48
I lost respect for OED when they added "teh"
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