Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To remove (someone) as a friend on a social networking website.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Internet To remove from one's list of
friends (e.g. on asocial networking website ).
Etymologies
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Examples
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With that on my mind, I begin to think of the entire "defriend" - "defriended" - "defriending" concept, It struck me that although the words are new and vastly unappealing, they point to an aspect of the marvelous but often prickly institution of friendship.
David Finkle: To "Friend" or "Defriend"? That is the Question 2009
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What I will deny is that "defriend," "defriended" and "defriending" are words I want to use -- on or off Facebook -- even if they apply to an irrefutable, though unfortunate, human condition.
David Finkle: To "Friend" or "Defriend"? That is the Question 2009
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"Social media", a new addition, arrives along with offspring "defriend" (removing someone from your list of friends or contacts), "microblogging" (posting very short blog entries) and
J-Source - Articles 2010
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And I wouldn't hold a grudge against No. 144, if she had suddenly decided to "defriend" me after all these weeks.
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When her curiosity was satisfied, she would "defriend" the object of her curiosity.
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And I wouldn't hold a grudge against No. 144, if she had suddenly decided to "defriend" me after all these weeks.
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The English language will celebrate its one millionth word next month, with "defriend", "noob" and "chiconomics" among the candidates, linguistic experts have predicted.
LewRockwell.com 2009
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The English language will celebrate its one millionth word next month, with "defriend", "noob" and "chiconomics" among the candidates, linguistic experts have predicted.
LewRockwell.com 2009
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In my experience, "defriend" not "unfriend" is standard usage for facebook users. jellis58 says: and I just asked my roommate and her friend what they would say if they wanted to remove a facebook friend and they both instantly said defriend.
British Blogs 2009
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As you can see, they have been arming up and daring the party to "defriend" them.
whichbe commented on the word defriend
Facebook Linguistics
January 31, 2009