Created by Unknown User (crk4), last modified by Unknown User (kla8) on Nov 20, 2012
n.A social media website where people can connect to share messages, photos, and videos."You should add me on facebook." K. Andryshak, 2012 Historically (Within Geneseo Dictionary project): Facebook: verb to look up someone on Facebook, the social networking website, in order to obtain information about them without said person knowing. Past Tense: Facebooked."I am going to Facebook him when I get home from the party."100% of people surveyed knew this word(Klein, E-H, 2008)
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I disagree that this is slang, given that it’s the proper name of a website. It may have originally been included because it is specifically college, but it has expanded beyond that now as my mother has a Facebook account.
Posted by jfw3 at Nov 29, 2008 23:42
Based on survey results, 100% of participants could define the word; indicating that the word is not obsolete (M Gillanders, A-F, 2019).
Posted by meg23 at Apr 23, 2019 21:42
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