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Lucas21c Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Facebook: newly coined word?

Is the word, 'facebook', a newly coined word after "www.facebook.com" was open? Or, has it just been in your dictionary regardless of the social networking website?
  

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The word already existed before the social networking site co-opted it. org/wiki/Face_book

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  • The word already existed before the social networking site co-opted it.
  • org/wiki/Face_book
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The word already existed before the social networking site co-opted it. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_book
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