Facebook to Be Added to 2008 Collins English Dictionary
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?
friendster perhaps?
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…
OMG seriously? O_____________O
What has the world come to laaaaaa…
: If only their main users are Americans then probably they will consider it~
: Nope MySpace still haven’t make it, maybe it’s because the same as what you have mentioned…
: Welcome to the real world
I wonder what English is turning into………
Uuhh? really? will they add curryegg? Lol.. joking..
Merry Xmas to you Edward…
Thank for sharing this… Facebook.. how about friendster?
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
wow, now that’s interesting, wonder what else will be added to dictionaries
Ho! Ho! Ho!
May Joy be your gift at Christmas and may Faith, Hope and Love be your treasures in the New Year.
Wah…that means our next generation need to learn more and more vocabulary.
i want a good dictionary