purchase android phones. even though jay-z has reached the millions albums milestones released, apparently those will not count on the official billboard chart. jay-z does not seem too caught up in the technicality. he tweeted today if one billion get sold and billboard gets sold? ahh, platinum. also he s married to beyonce. so he s got that going for him. the oxford american dictionary is on the cutting edge of 2006. it s added 2,000 new words. it s also interesting in seeing what they consider real words after we ve been using them for years. an updated version of tweet. along with geekry, flash mob, and, of course, dad dancing, a term that my kids will certainly never have to use.
the word of the year in the oxford american dictionary for 2012 is gif which stands for graphics interchange format, and that can create simple animations. it s widely used on the internet. other words include eurogeddon, plus super pac and superstorm. those all sound familiar. here s your first look at this morning s dish of scrambled politics. this is beyond scrambled. an arizona woman six months pregnant has been arrested, accused of running down her husband with a jeep because he didn t vote in the election. police say he claims she felt the reelection of president obama would create hardship for her family. the washington post says john kerry could be the next defense secretary. the current job holder, leon panetta, is not saying whether he s ready to step down or when. the post also reports that spot kerry might have preferred, secretary of state, would likely go to u.n. ambassador susan
look at the record heat that s been hitting the country from arizona to tennessee and alabama. it s been hot here in atlanta. look at the numbers in the triple digits. it feels worse in memphis because of the humidity. i feel like before summer goes away, it s like huh huh. let s talk web slang. you are hip like that. let s talk about web slang because it s getting instant credibility. part of the lingo making it into the oxford american dictionary. bff. best friend forever. year s so past that. defriend. defriending someone on facebook. hash tag, pound sign on twitter to get things trending. this one i didn t know, interweb. a funny term for the internet. i didn t know that.
in the country. and, wolf, my dear, you know you re my bff, but you may be surprised to find out that that is one of the newest entries in the new oxford american dictionary. joining best friend forever in the big book are other texting short cuts including lmao that means laughing my buns off. and we can thank sarah palin of another edition of hockey mom. this may be the biggest addition of web speak and slang words ever in the oxford dictionary. wolf, ttyl, talk to you later. that s the biggest list of the day. omg lol, are those on the list too? i m going to check. see if omg and lol are. i will, i promise. thank you, get back to me. okay. the obama family makes a rare church visit. could it be a political move? we ll talk about that and a lot more in our strategy session. and delaware is a
for dr. for bringing me from tehran. for the honor of his friendship and most importantly for his continued engagement in my life, in the life of my fiance, shane bower and my dear friend josh. and shourd is holding a news conference shortly after returning to new york. at the same time that ahmadnejad will be in the city for the u.n. general assembly. those are your headlines. if you had a bromance with your best male friend, are you a hater of the term, bff, which i am, by the way. are you? not a fan of the bff term. those are some of the new words in the oxford american dictionary, now official. and here is bff, in case you didn t know what that is, eric. that is a form of best friend. let s look at the origin, go back to the ancient 1996, best friend forever. you know what, i bet you