Words at Play : Top 10 Authorisms
Definition:
1 : to act as the friend of
2 : to include (someone) in a list of designated friends on a person's social networking site
About the Word:
A term coined by Shakespeare in Hamlet, act 1, scene 5:
And what so poor a man as Hamlet is May do, to express his love and friending to you.
The coinage was largely overlooked for centuries. With the advent of the social network Facebook in 2004, friending became widely adopted.
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