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  • “Facebook” Up For Word Of The Year

    December 11th, 2007 by Kyle Healey

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    The Merriam Webster dictionary has an annual “Word Of The Year” Contest. They pick a number of finalists, and allow the site users to vote for the top word of the year. This year, facebook is up for the honors.

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    The nomination is a high indicator of the influence of social media and networking online has had in the last year.

    Past winners of the award were:
    2006 - “Truthiness” (Steven Colbert)

    2005 - “Integrity”

    2004 - “Blog”

    2003 - “Democracy”

    You can see the full list of 2007 nominees here.

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    4 Responses to ““Facebook” Up For Word Of The Year”

    1. Graham Says:

      Aw man, “douchebag” didn’t make the list. That would have been my pick ;)

    2. Jeremy Enke Says:

      You know facebook has to be getting popular if even an old guy like me started using it.

      I’m surprised myspace wasn’t in the running over the last 2 years. What the hell is truthiness?

    3. Lorne Fade Says:

      w00t ended up winning the prize.. facebook came second.

    4. Kyle Healey Says:

      Jeremy not sure what truthiness means. I know Steven Colbert made it famous though. Thanks for the comments guys.

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