January 18, 2008

Words Woven on the Web

By HURLEY GOODALL

Much was made of the announcement last month that "w00t" had been selected as Merriam-Webster's 2007 word of the year. But it's worth noting that the word "facebook" placed second — a sign that the social-networking phenomenon that started on college campuses has reached the mainstream.

Merriam-Webster's Open Dictionary (which can be revised by anyone) defines facebooking as just about any activity on the service, such as logging on to the site or uploading photos to a

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