Social media has made such a dent in society that even the English language has been affected by the Internet craze.
When someone has a falling out with a friend on Facebook (or if they are a stalker) then you can "unfriend" them. This phrase has become so well-known that it was named one of Oxford English Dictionary's words of the year in 2009.
Another word found on this list is "hashtag", used when one wants to put a Tweet in a category of other tweets. That way you can search the "hashtag" to find other entries of that topic.
A word that I learned by looking at this list is "tweetup", a combination of "meetup" and "Twitter." As you could probably guess, this is used when a group of people meet together based on plans created by Twitter. Social media is based on things like this, getting people together, so this doesn't surprise me.
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