<p>The word 'tweet' in the sense of social networking has entered the hallowed pages of the Oxford English Dictionary with the lexicon breaking its rule that a new word needed to be in use for ten years before inclusion.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"The noun and verb tweet (in the social-networking sense) has just been added to the OED," John Simpson, Chief Editor, Oxford English Dictionary, said.<br /><br />"This breaks at least one OED rule, namely that a new word needs to be current for ten years before consideration for inclusion. But it seems to be catching on," Simpson said.<br /><br />Though the word 'tweet' is already in the OED in relation to bird song, it now has an additional official definition in the June 2013 edition.<br /><br />Interestingly the OED had already added 'retweet' as far back as 2011.<br /><br />Other words to have made an entry into the dictionary along with tweet are: dad dancing, epic, fiscal cliff, flash mob, follow, geekery, pay day lending, the silent treatment.<br /><br />Twitter is a real-time information network that connects people to the latest stories, ideas, opinions and news. One needs to simply find the accounts and follow the conversations.<br /><br />At the heart of Twitter are small bursts of information called Tweets. Each Tweet is 140 characters long.<br /><br />Twitter has about 340 million tweets posted every day.<br /><br />Many international celebrities, including Presidents, Prime Ministers, movie stars, pop icons, sports stars etc have their own twitter accounts with thousands of followers.<br /><br />Some other technology words that enter the June 2013 edition, include big data, crowdsourcing, e-reader, mouseover, redirect (the noun), and stream (the verb).</p>
<p>The word 'tweet' in the sense of social networking has entered the hallowed pages of the Oxford English Dictionary with the lexicon breaking its rule that a new word needed to be in use for ten years before inclusion.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"The noun and verb tweet (in the social-networking sense) has just been added to the OED," John Simpson, Chief Editor, Oxford English Dictionary, said.<br /><br />"This breaks at least one OED rule, namely that a new word needs to be current for ten years before consideration for inclusion. But it seems to be catching on," Simpson said.<br /><br />Though the word 'tweet' is already in the OED in relation to bird song, it now has an additional official definition in the June 2013 edition.<br /><br />Interestingly the OED had already added 'retweet' as far back as 2011.<br /><br />Other words to have made an entry into the dictionary along with tweet are: dad dancing, epic, fiscal cliff, flash mob, follow, geekery, pay day lending, the silent treatment.<br /><br />Twitter is a real-time information network that connects people to the latest stories, ideas, opinions and news. One needs to simply find the accounts and follow the conversations.<br /><br />At the heart of Twitter are small bursts of information called Tweets. Each Tweet is 140 characters long.<br /><br />Twitter has about 340 million tweets posted every day.<br /><br />Many international celebrities, including Presidents, Prime Ministers, movie stars, pop icons, sports stars etc have their own twitter accounts with thousands of followers.<br /><br />Some other technology words that enter the June 2013 edition, include big data, crowdsourcing, e-reader, mouseover, redirect (the noun), and stream (the verb).</p>