Facebook's ‘unfriend’ is Word of the Year

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Gadgets  Mon, 11/16/2009 - 17:09

The fastest growing group on Facebook is the 35-54-year-old set.<br /><br />Here's an orientation guide so you don't act like an idiot.There are 300 million plus users on Facebook in the United States alone.

Even if you and your spell check don’t approve of the New Oxford American Dictionary's  newest verb “unfriend,” odds are, you’ve done it.




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