According to Ananova, the famous social network Facebook has made its name into the dictionary. The term "Facebook" will be included into the 2008 edition of the Collins English Dictionary as both a noun and a verb.
Follow by this decision of Collins English Dictionary, the phrase "Pimp" and "poke" now will have a new definition in the dictionary. Accoding to a Collins’ spokesman:
Facebook has been the phenomenon of 2007, with 200,000 signing up every day.
It could be just a matter of time MySpace get accepted too.
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Posted by hongkiat in Tech News , at 12.23.07
Tags: collins english dictionary, facebook, pimp, poke |
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danny December 24th, 2007
not bad. First Google now them…..
is myspace a word yet? Can I say ” i wanna myspace you?” hahaha does not sound right…
Replyhongkiat December 24th, 2007
How’s “Hey, poke you!” sounds :-)
Replyabi December 26th, 2007
Facebook is a word now ha!! Brands becoming real name….We will all wait the day hongkiat gets included!! :)
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