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1:33 am - 11/14/2012

GIF Named Oxford Dictionary's Word of the Year




Being a computer geek just got a little sexier.

Oxford Dictionaries announced Monday the Oxford Dictionaries USA Word of the Year for 2012 is GIF.

If you're not familiar with the verb, it's defined as "a compressed file format for images that can be used to create simple, looping animations," according to Katherine Martin, Head of the U.S. Dictionaries Program at Oxford University Press USA.

After popping up everywhere from PEOPLE.com to Tumblr, the word had an amazing year.

The tech-savvy term beat out some fierce competition, including Eurogeddon (the potential financial collapse of the Eurozone), Superstorm (an unusually large and destructive storm), YOLO ("you only live once"), Nomophobia (anxiety caused by being without one's mobile phone) and more.

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LOL at People's n00b-Tumblr-user-esque attempt at making GIFs.
brenden 14th-Nov-2012 03:29 am (UTC)
i say gif as in gift. fuck jiff i aint talkin about peanut butter.
moustacherider 14th-Nov-2012 03:34 am (UTC)
mte

jif in australia is a cleaning product
winter_lace 14th-Nov-2012 03:45 am (UTC)
Exactly why I say gif(t)
karahaha 14th-Nov-2012 08:40 am (UTC)
In the UK, too! Although they changed ours years ago to 'Cif' with the C sounding like an S, to coincide with the rest of Europe or something. Everyone here still says Jif lol.
abiding 14th-Nov-2012 03:34 am (UTC)
MFTE
kristinkat 14th-Nov-2012 03:37 am (UTC)
amen
lumosofmylife 14th-Nov-2012 03:38 am (UTC)
Lmao yesss.
cuteej4 14th-Nov-2012 03:39 am (UTC)
A+
croutonochrist 14th-Nov-2012 03:42 am (UTC)
LOL this. My bitchy roommate tried to correct me once and I was like WHATEVER GIF GIF GIF
flashnights 14th-Nov-2012 03:46 am (UTC)
lol mfte
gangsterdorothy 14th-Nov-2012 03:52 am (UTC)
same here!
foureyedgirl 14th-Nov-2012 03:52 am (UTC)
mfte
lalakittten 14th-Nov-2012 03:57 am (UTC)
EXACTLY YES TY TY TY TY TY ETC

solitudete 14th-Nov-2012 04:02 am (UTC)
"According to Steve Wilhite, the creator of the GIF format, the original pronunciation deliberately echoes the American peanut butter brand, Jif, and the employees of CompuServe would often say 'Choosy developers choose GIF', spoofing this brand's television commercials."
josiefier 14th-Nov-2012 04:02 am (UTC)
Exactly. Especially since the "g" in gif is for "graphic."
shanny_w 14th-Nov-2012 04:18 am (UTC)
MTE! Ew, makes me think of the peanut butter and jelly mixed jar I ate once in my youth. It was TERRIBLE!
yousaidlog 14th-Nov-2012 04:22 am (UTC)
THIS
underdog_ontop 14th-Nov-2012 04:27 am (UTC)
preach
genbu_no_miko24 14th-Nov-2012 04:31 am (UTC)
same
openpick 14th-Nov-2012 04:33 am (UTC)
AGREED!
endingonfire 14th-Nov-2012 04:52 am (UTC)
yup!
heythatsmybike 14th-Nov-2012 04:54 am (UTC)
YES
pseudovirus 14th-Nov-2012 05:08 am (UTC)
u know what

i love peanut butter and i love thinking about it

W/E BRENDEN
empirebird 14th-Nov-2012 08:01 am (UTC)
THIS. Jif doesn't even make sense to me.
soramai 14th-Nov-2012 01:01 pm (UTC)
YES
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