Posts Tagged ‘scrabble’

WTF! Social Media Propels Oxford Dictionary To Accept OMG, LOL and More

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Instant Messaging clients like Messenger and ICQ once made terms like WTF and LOL mainstream, as they were used in person-to-person chats, but it can be said that the rise of social media has meant that these terms now live in the public domain, and are becoming ubiquitous in today’s culture. Oxford Dictionary agrees, as they’ve added a whole slew of WTF words to the library.

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What’s on Oprah Winfrey’s iPad?

Apps from CNN and ABC News made the short list of favorite iPad apps from Oprah Winfrey, who discussed her use of the Apple tablet at the American Magazine Conference in Chicago Tuesday, AdAge.com reported.

Joining the two apps Winfrey uses for breaking news: Brushes and Sketchbook so she can express her creativity, and Scrabble, which she said changed her workouts, adding, “It keeps my mind off the treadmill … I can play Scrabble and listen to Bruce Springsteen all at once,” according to AdAge.com.

Every staffer at O, The Oprah Magazine received an iPad in June, and AdAge.com reports that the O App will debut Nov. 16.