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Merriam-Webster's [Second] Word of the Year 2007

December 19, 2007
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1. w00t (interjection)
expressing joy (it could be after a triumph, or for no reason at all); similar in use to the word "yay"

2. facebook
[http://www.m-w.com/info/07words.htm]

facebook

(verb) : To upload a photograph to Facebook so that it may be viewed by others.
Have you facebooked those photos from the party last weekend?
Submitted by: Don Brady from Louisiana on Dec. 12, 2007 11:34

(verb) : To create an event entry on facebook
I am going to facebook the party on Friday so everyone knows about it.
Submitted by: Anonymous on Dec. 12, 2007 10:13

(verb) : To get on a facebook website.
Did you facebook today?
Submitted by: Anonymous on Dec. 04, 2007 14:04

(verb) : to look up someone's profile on the popular Internet social network Facebook.
I facebooked Sarah the other day and posted a comment on her wall, but she has yet to reply to my comment.
Submitted by: Anonymous on Dec. 14, 2006 17:09

(verb) : 1.to search for another person through the online directory know as facebook
2. to send a message through the online directory know as facebook
I facebooked Lauren yesterday to see where she goes to college.
Submitted by: Anonymous on Dec. 11, 2005 23:24

(verb) : To add someone to your list of friends on the "facebook.com" website.
Hey, I saw you facebooked me. (also a noun, as in "Look him up on facebook.")
Submitted by: Selena from North Carolina on Dec. 11, 2005 12:03

Facebooking

(verb) : To communicate with others through facebook.com, like "chatting" is to instant messaging.
Submitted by: Melissa Lester from Canada on Oct. 08, 2007 13:03

(verb) : It means checking out your Facebook.com profile or your friends' Facebook.com profile.
I was facebooking my friends profiles.
Submitted by: Joshua Wilson from Florida on Jan. 29, 2006 20:21

[http://www3.merriam-webster.com/opendictionary06/newword_search.php?word=facebook]

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