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• Unfriend: Not a simple verb by any means

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  The New Oxford American Dictionary chose the verb "unfriend" as its 2009 Word of the Year (WOTY) and defined it this way: "to remove someone as a ‘friend on a social networking site such as Facebook." The word "has both currency and potential longevity," explained Christine Lindberg, Oxfords senior lexicographer on ...
  5 days ago

• ‘Unfriend’ as Oxford University Press Word of the Year: marketing ploy, (social) media hype

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 599
  The word unfriend recently garnered the Oxford University Press’ Word of the Year recognition. Adrian Chen of Gawker realized that ‘the Word of the Year is a huge scam.’ He says that the past four winners are ‘all just hacky trend pieces from that year, in lexicographic form.’ To recall, the past four ...
  6 days ago

• Jaswant Singh’s book to hit Pakistan in Dec

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Karachi, Nov.14 (ANI): Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh’s controversial yet famous book ‘Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence’ would hit bookstalls in Pakistan next month.However, even before the original copies of the book are made available to the readers, pirated versions of the much ...
  1 week ago

• A way to do away with ALTs?

  
  TEFLtastic with Alex Case — Authority: 124
  (= assistant language teachers). You can see why they might want to, because although their pay is being cut and skimmed off by recruitment agencies while they get abuse for not being qualified teachers and then treated like human tape recorders when they are, none have agreed to live in a cardboard box in the ...
  1 week ago

• A Photo Journal of South Africa: Place of the Year 2009

  
  OUPblog — Authority: 745
  Our OUP-UK friends Helen Eaton, Assistant Commissioning Editor, Academic Science and Dewi Jackson, Publishing Editor, Higher Education, recently went on a trip to South Africa.  In honor of our 2009 Place of the Year selection they have shared their experience with us and some stunning photos.  Be sure to check ...
  1 week ago

• P2P Blog at Newteevee Live

  
  ShareConnector — Authority: 160
  I’m at Newteevee Live today, doing some live blogging for Newteevee.com , as well as the occasional interview for the live stream . Go check out the stream and the many posts that will go oup throughout the day, or stop by and say hello if you’re there! Tags: newteevee , newteeveelive , ntvl Read more from the ...
  1 week ago

• South Africa - Place of the Year

  
  Cultural Geography Blog — Authority: 110
  Thanks to Sarah from the Oxford University Press blog for telling me about the OUP Blog , which recently named South Africa as its Place of the Year.
  1 week ago

• Under Government and Restraint: An Interview With David Howard

  
  Tim Jones: Books in the Trees — Authority: 456
  After serving as a pyrotechnics supervisor for acts such as Metallica and Janet Jackson, David Howard retired to Purakanui in order to write. His collaboration with photographer Fiona Pardington, How To Occupy Our Selves , was published in 2003. A draft of the opening poem "There You Go" featured in Best New Zealand ...
  1 week ago

• Friday Cat Blogging: Jennifer Weber

  
  OUPblog — Authority: 745
  Jennifer Weber , author of Copperheads: The Rise and Fall of Lincoln’s Opponents in the North , and Professor in the Department of History, University of Kansas , sent us this picture. This kitten has brightened my week and I hope he brightens your Friday! Kit’s Lit Lots of people enjoy Oxford’s books, but ...
  3 weeks ago

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