GIF, used as a verb, is the Oxford American Dictionaries’ word of the year. The dictionary company announced the pick with an animated GIF. The word of the year is “chosen annually as a word ...

Visuals like emojis and GIFs can make up for the useful cues that are often missing from digital chit-chatting: the raise of an eyebrow, the shrug of the shoulders, the rolling of an eye.

The GIF --a humble file format turned verb -- has been named Oxford Dictionaries USA Word of the Year for 2012. The award completes the 25-year-old GIF's stunning rise from format of choice for ...

"GIF," as in the file type, has been chosen as Oxford Dictionary's American word of 2012. The runner up? "YOLO," which is short for "You only live once." "The GIF, a compressed file format for ...

including GIFs: icons that show up as you type along with word suggestions that can help you express yourself better. Other improvements/fixes include: Control the cursor placement with 3D Touch ...

That said, this doesn’t guarantee the GIF a lasting place in English language history — a word of the year is not necessarily a shoe-in to be promoted to the pages of the OED. A weekly ...

GIF faced stiff competition on its way to receiving the honor. Among runners up for word of 2K12 was "YOLO." ...