Collins Dictionary to have the entry of Social Networking Terms

Collins Dictionary to have the entry of Social Networking TermsA list of some of the important words to watch for the year 2009 has been created by world-known dictionary compiler Collins. A number of words included in the list have been reported to be originated from web-based activities.

As our lives highly influenced by the social networking websites; the next revised edition of the dictionary will see the entrance of several associated words along with a number of terms related to our activities over the web.

It has been learnt that the list includes an interesting phrase "social notworking", a taunt on the term social networking, which actually points out towards the wastage of vital hours in social networking activities, especially during working hours."

There are also other associated words included in the list such as "anti social-networking that stands for website that enables web users to enlist people they don't ever want to contact. Another term "defriend" means removing someone from the list of added friends on social-networking websites.

Furthermore, another small list of word has also been added due to the ongoing global economic recession. The words include, "Recessionista", an individual whose sartorial tastes depict economic troubles, and "Brickor mortis", a period of tough times in housing industry.

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