FACEBOOKING, TWITTERING AND GOOGLING...THE NEW VERBS

With the invention of social networking and advancement in technology,
Oxford and Macmillan will have to soon update their dictionaries.
So I thought of some verbs which form part of the new terminology
but are used and in future will be used by us,
freely and literally.

Let's start with FACEBOOKING,
Now that's a new verb,
because instead of saying "I am on facebook",
just say " I am Facebooking" instead,
it doesn't sound all that weird.

FRIEND/ UNFRIEND
Remember those days when you fought with your friend and made up later,
you'd say with your index and middle finger "Batti"
or with your little finger, "khatti" if you were still angry with her.
How I miss those days of " Khattis or Battis"
but now if you don't want to be a friend with someone,
you have to go on Facebook and unfriend them virtually.

BLOCK
Earlier we could just slap some lasvicious guy or eve teaser if any of us, he/she stalked,
but now with technology, besides doing the above,
we've to ensure that on Facebook,
his/her access to our profile, we've blocked.

POST
Long gone are the days of posting postcards, greeting cards or handwritten letters ,
now with Facebook why waste time and money,
when you can post your message on their "Wall",
or even post a shorter one on Twitter.

SHARE
Alas...That's such a wonderful word,
sadly, now there is much more meaning to this verb,
because in the virtual world, to share means much much more,
not only quotes, notes but also inspirational and holy/ unholy photos galore.

LIKE/DISLIKE
In the non virtual world, if you liked something you'd smile
or if you didn't you'd cringe or frown,
but in the virtual world, if you like something on Facebook,
you click on a Thumbs Up
and if you don't, you click on Thumbs down.

TWEET
Tweet Tweet that usually is the sweet sound of a little sparrow, the homely bird,
but now Tweet means "to say or speak or state" which I find extremely absurd.
" Priyanka tweeted or Shahrukh tweeted and they all tweeted" that's all I read in newspapers,
looks like the whole of Bollywood, Hollywood, Mollywood and Tollywood, everyone's on Twitter.
But Twitter is also accessed by "aam junta" and all and sundry,
cause' everyone wants their voice to be heard and and be part of the so called "Twitteratti"!

GOOGLED
Earlier we would say, we searched for x or y on the world wide web,
but since Google is the main search engine,
why not say " Googled" instead.

So Friends, family and netizens, remember these new verbs and their meanings,
if we are on Twitter we have to say we are Tweeting,
if we are on Facebook, we're Facebooking,
and if we are doing a search on Google,
it has to be " Googling"
but seriously.....to me all this sounds extremely mind boggling!!!!