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Dec 20, 2007
'Facebook' pokes its way into dictionary
LONDON - THE online social networking site Facebook has made it into the latest print edition of the Collins English Dictionary, the publishers said. A spokesman for the firm said on Wednesday Facebook would be included as both a trademarked noun referring to 'a popular social networking website' and as a verb, meaning 'to search for (a person's profile) on the Facebook website'. As an example of usage, the entry reads: 'I thought one of the interviewees was perfect for the job, until I Facebooked him.' ''Facebook' has been the phenomenon of 2007,' the spokesman said. 'Though social networking has been around for several years, this year has seen it break into the mainstream, with 200,000 signing up every day.'