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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.
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unintended 14th-Nov-2012 03:37 am (UTC)
I have such a huge crush on him. Even with his effing ridiculous beard!

/not cool enough to have gifs in response
duckyduck92 14th-Nov-2012 03:38 am (UTC)
it's cool. it's majestic.

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r_a_black 14th-Nov-2012 03:40 am (UTC)
Maaan, his crotch must be a mess.
shanny_w 14th-Nov-2012 04:17 am (UTC)
no it's not. where do you think all this hair came from?
powerbottom 14th-Nov-2012 04:12 am (UTC)
I find it adorable, he could fuck me.
yousaidlog 14th-Nov-2012 04:22 am (UTC)
His eyes give me Jared Leto vibes.
give_mespace 14th-Nov-2012 05:09 am (UTC)
exactly! also, i'm behind, who is this guy? lol. i thought that was fake. i'm surprised baseball doesn't have some dumb rule in the vein of uniformity banning ridiculous beards
duckyduck92 14th-Nov-2012 06:12 am (UTC)
its funny bc the mlb is kinda like the federal government, and teams are like states. the mlb doesn't have rules against facial hair, but individual teams do. for example johnny damon had to cut his hair when he traded from the red soxs to the yankees.

and his name is brian wilson.
yousaidlog 14th-Nov-2012 03:35 pm (UTC)
I have no idea who he is, either sorry lol. I don't follow sports at all.
dior 15th-Nov-2012 05:23 pm (UTC)
Brian Wilson, closing pitcher for San Francisco Giants

and he's real lol
overandonewith 14th-Nov-2012 06:11 am (UTC)
its like a disguise
mhfromnh 14th-Nov-2012 03:56 am (UTC)
he's from my town.
overandonewith 14th-Nov-2012 06:03 am (UTC)
what town is that?
mhfromnh 14th-Nov-2012 06:19 am (UTC)
Londonderry
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