Oxford English Dictionary Adds Expanded Definitions Of "Follow," "Follower" And "Tweet"
A true sign of the times: the Oxford English Dictionary has expanded its entries for follow (verb), follower (noun), and tweet (noun and verb) to include the social media senses of the words.
Fittingly, the OED shared the news with its followers via Twitter:
The social-networking sense of #tweet (noun & verb) has just been added to the OED: oxford.ly/ZLlPnD #OEDupdate
— The OED (@OED) June 13, 2013
The OED added the word “tweetable” to its listing in February 2013, and “retweet”
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