Unfriend’s lex appeal makes it word of the year in US

“UNFRIEND” has been unveiled as the word of the year in the US, to the presumed delight of socially selective lexicographers everywhere.

The verb is used to described the act of removing someone from their list of acquaintances on social networking sites such as Facebook.

And such is its prevalence in modern conversation, “unfriend” topped the 2009 poll of new terms compiled by the New Oxford American Dictionary.