"Unfriend"

"Unfriend" ang Oxford Word of the Year. Ano ba ibig sabihin nun?

Unfriend – verb – To remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such as Facebook.

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Intexticated – distracted because texting on a cellphone while driving a vehicle.

Netbook – a small, very portable laptop computer with limited memory.

Paywall – a way of blocking access to a part of a website which is only available to paying subscribers.

Sexting – the sending of sexually explicit texts and pictures by cellphone.

Freemium – a business model in which some basic services are provided for free, with the aim of enticing users to pay for additional, premium features or content.

Funemployed – taking advantage of one’s newly unemployed status to have fun or pursue other interests.

Zombie bank – a financial institution whose liabilities are greater than its assets, but which continues to operate because of government support.

Ardi – (Ardipithecus ramidus) oldest known hominid, discovered in Ethiopia during the 1990s and announced to the public in 2009.

Birther – a conspiracy theorist who challenges President Obama’s birth certificate.

Choice mom – a person who chooses to be a single mother.

Death panel – a theoretical body that determines which patients deserve to live, when care is rationed.

Teabagger – a person, who protests President Obama’s tax policies and stimulus package, often through local demonstrations known as “Tea Party” protests (in allusion to the Boston Tea Party of 1773).

Brown state ­– a US state that does not have strict environmental regulations.

Green state – a US state that has strict environmental regulations.

Ecotown – a town built and run on eco-friendly principles.

Deleb – a dead celebrity.

Tramp stamp – a tattoo on the lower back, usually on a woman.