Unfriend當(dāng)選2009年度熱潮詞‘Unfriend’ named word of 2009 by US dictionary

An undated file photo shows two girls discuss in front of a laptop.“Unfriend” has been named the word of the year by the New Oxford American Dictionary, chosen from a list of finalists with a tech-savvy bent. )

“Unfriend” has been named the word of the year by the New Oxford American Dictionary, chosen from a list of finalists with a tech-savvy bent.

Unfriend was defined as a verb that means to remove someone as a “friend” on a social networking side such as Facebook.

“It has both currency and potential longevity,” said Christine Lindberg, senior lexicographer for Oxfords US dictionary program, in a statement.

“In the online social networking context, its meaning is understood, so its adoption as a modern verb form makes this an interesting choice for Word of the Year.”

Other words deemed finalists for 2009 by the dictionarys publisher, Britains Oxford University Press, came from other technological trends, the economy, and political and current

affairs.

In technology, there was “hashtag”, which is the hash sign added to a word or phrase that lets Twitterusers search for tweets similarly taged; “intexticated” for when people are distracted by texting while driving, and “sexting”, which is the sending of sexually explicit SMSes and pictures by cellphone.

Finalists from the economy included “freemium”, meaning a business model in which some basic services are provided for free, and “funemployed”, referring to people taking advantage of newly unemployed status to have fun or pursue other interests.

In the political and current affairs section, finalists included “birther”, meaning conspiracy theorists challenging President Barack Obamas US birth certificate, and “choice mom”, a person who chooses to be a single mother.

Novelty words making the shortlist were “deleb”, meaning a dead celebrity, and “tramp stamp”, referring to a tattoo on the lower back, usually on a woman.

日前，unfriend一詞從眾多技術(shù)詞匯中脫穎而出，被《新牛津美語辭典》評為2009年度潮詞。

Unfriend被定義為一個動詞，意為在Facebook等社交網(wǎng)站上與某人解除好友關(guān)系。

牛津美語辭典項目的高級詞典編纂人克里斯汀?琳德伯格在一份聲明中說：“這個詞既符合當(dāng)下的潮流，也有一定的潛在壽命。”

“在網(wǎng)絡(luò)社交環(huán)境中，這個詞的意思很容易理解，所以將其定義為現(xiàn)代動詞形式，也是今年年度詞匯評選中一個很有意思的選擇。”

2009年度潮詞的評選工作由《新牛津美語辭典》出版商英國牛津大學(xué)出版社開展，其他入圍的詞匯來自經(jīng)濟(jì)、政治、時事和其它科技領(lǐng)域。

和技術(shù)相關(guān)的詞匯包括hashtag，指的是在一個詞語或短語前加一個#符號，讓“推特”用戶搜索到相關(guān)主題文章的功能標(biāo)簽；intexticated，指的是人們在開車時因發(fā)短信而分神；還有sexting，指用手機發(fā)送色情短信和圖片。

經(jīng)濟(jì)領(lǐng)域入圍的詞匯包括freemium，意思是免費提供部分基本服務(wù)的商業(yè)模式；以及funemployed，指的是人們趁著剛失業(yè)的時候盡情玩樂或做其它感興趣的事。

政治和時事領(lǐng)域入圍的詞匯有birther，意思是陰謀理論家質(zhì)疑巴拉克?奧巴馬總統(tǒng)的美國出生證明，以及choice mom，指的是選擇做單身母親的人。

其它入選的新潮詞匯還包括deleb，意為“已故名人”，和tramp stamp，指的是在腰背部的紋身，通常指女性。