I’m grateful for a definitive answer. It’s unfriended, not defriended. As in when you deliberately stop being someone’s “friend” on Facebook by purposely removing him or her from your friend list. As I did this very thing recently — it being my only (passive-aggressive) recourse against a familial schmuck — I wondered aloud on Facebook about what the action was officially called. I am grateful to New Oxford American Dictionary for choosing the accepted term (unfriend is, in fact, the 2009 “Word of the Year”). Now if those kind folks could only help unfriending feel as good as punching the aforementioned schmuck in the face…
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INK blog is about anything at which you can wield a red pen: grammar, usage, punctuation, writing, editing, proofreading, style, design, branding, marketing, fund-raising, publications and the like. It may also be about running your own business, working from home, politics, New York, San Francisco, sports, eating, travel, tourism, puppies, baked goods, public transportation, family and anything else Lauren Hauptman feels strongly about at any given moment.
And who is this Lauren Hauptman?
Lauren Hauptman of Lauren Hauptman Ink is an editorial and creative-services consultant with decades of experience working with both for-profit and nonprofit organizations and publications. A versatile editor, proofreader, copywriter and designer (yes, she really does do it all), she produces a wide range of materials, from marketing and branding collateral, to Web copy and site co-design, to magazines and newsletters.
Visit www.laurenhauptmanink.com to learn more about her and her services.
Lauren Hauptman is also a native New Yorker who is currently a long-term tourist in San Francisco. She enjoys finding fault, bossing people around, painting, puppies, baseball, football, art, ’70s music, shoes, brunch, theater and television.
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links to blogs Lauren likes
- DS3 blog Jeff Weinberger’s brilliant words on sustainable business and marketing
- The Sales 2.0 Advocate Amazing Anneke Seley’s sales blog
- Woofy Wednesday meet some of my favorite puppies
links to online articles Lauren has written (but not necessarily edited)
- A New Yorker's Top 10 Manhattan Must-Dos my own Top 10 list
- Best Weekend Getaway Hotels my reviews of some Bay Area retreats
- One Short Day in Midtown Manhattan my story on what to do in 16 hours in Midtown Manhattan
- One Short Day on the Upper East Side my story on what to do in eight hours around Manhattan’s Museum Mile
- You Can Take it With You my article on the best souvenirs in San Francisco (my bio is on page 10; the story starts on page 30)
links to sites for which Lauren provided content and/or design
- DS3 disruptive strategies, sustainable solutions: sustainability and marketing consultancy
- H&H Printing San Francisco–based printing company
- OnPoint Insights business and marketing consultancy
- Paul Kelley Architect architect
- Paula Marks New York–based executive recruiter and career coach
- R&R Design Studio interior-design company
links to sites of people, places and things Lauren likes
- Equality California marriage-equality organization
- Lauren Hauptman Ink my website!
- Pets Unlimited the shelter where I volunteer as a dog-walker
- PFLAG Parents, Friends and Families of Lesbians and Gays
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