Noun and verb in the social networking sense added to dictionary, along with “live blog” and “flash mob”. Tweeting is not just for birds anymore, according to updates to the Oxford English Dictionary [Getty Images] The word tweet, in relation to social media, has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), breaking the rule which says a new word must be current for a decade before inclusion
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