Dec 23
According to Ananova, Facebook has been officially added to the 2008 Collins English Dictionary, not only as a noun, but verb too! “Pimp” and “poke” have new definitions in the dictionary related to Facebook. In the dictionary “pimp” defined as something to make your page more attractive and “poke” is defined as getting someones attention.
Which social networking website will be the next to be added to the dictionary?
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December 23rd, 2007 at 7:49 pm
friendster perhaps?
December 23rd, 2007 at 9:30 pm
Is MySpace already in the dictionary then? I don’t like MySpace, but I swear it came before Facebook. Although, in truth, MySpace is two words with the space removed. Whereas, Facebook is one word because it does not have capital letter for the word ‘book’. This defines Facebook as a word and MySpace as a logo-name. I think…
December 23rd, 2007 at 9:31 pm
OMG seriously? O_____________O
What has the world come to laaaaaa…
December 23rd, 2007 at 10:01 pm
@kljs: If only their main users are Americans then probably they will consider it~
@Bull3t: Nope MySpace still haven’t make it, maybe it’s because the same as what you have mentioned…
@chingy: Welcome to the real world
December 24th, 2007 at 7:19 pm
I wonder what English is turning into………
December 25th, 2007 at 12:57 am
Uuhh? really? will they add curryegg? Lol.. joking..
Merry Xmas to you Edward…
Thank for sharing this… Facebook.. how about friendster?
December 25th, 2007 at 8:09 am
If facebook added into the dictionary, I believe other social bookmark sites also will claim that their site’s name deserve to be included too.
How about the usage? Does local english teach ever heard about it? Wondering if it was used in exam paper, the teacher will rounded or mark the word with ??? Kekeke
December 25th, 2007 at 8:46 am
wow, now that’s interesting, wonder what else will be added to dictionaries
December 25th, 2007 at 9:42 am
Ho! Ho! Ho!
May Joy be your gift at Christmas and may Faith, Hope and Love be your treasures in the New Year.
December 25th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
Wah…that means our next generation need to learn more and more vocabulary.